Annmarie Carvalho
I am a therapist, entrepreneur, trainer, speaker and therapeutic supervisor (and a non-practising lawyer and mediator!)
I trained to become a therapist after working as a family lawyer and mediator at Farrer & Co, one of the top London law firms, for over a decade.
As a lawyer, I worked on complicated divorce and finances cases and difficult disputes over children. I came to realise that it was the relationships between people that I was really interested in and so set up The Carvalho Consultancy in 2018.
I am passionate about providing support, insight and strategic advice to lawyers and law firms alike.
I split my time between counselling lawyers (and those in legal processes), providing therapeutic supervision for lawyers, training and in-house counselling and consultancy services to law firms.
I have the practical experience and knowledge of the profession to provide credible insight and understanding from an independent perspective.
I have been at the forefront of bringing therapeutic understanding and insight to the legal profession and I love the fusion of these two professions.
I’m not your typical inscrutable therapist. You will get to know a little bit of who I am when we work together.
I offer warmth, informality, integrity and creativity. I believe that my humanity and practical perspective is as important as the psychological theory underpinning it all. Having a sense of humour also helps.
In my spare time, I spend time with my twins, pet pug and family. I also love everything about Spain and Latin America and those cultures so can be found brushing up on my Spanish or running around our local parks.

Qualifications & Training
- BA Hons Law (Magdalen College, Oxford)
- MSc Criminology & Criminal Justice (Magdalen College, Oxford)
- Advanced Diploma Humanistic Integrative Counselling (BACP Accredited)
- Motivational Interviewing Foundation Course
- Intensive Trauma Treatment Training
- Certificate in Therapeutic Supervision
Awards & Nominations
- National Counsellors’ Day Awards 2020 Best New Private Practice Winner
- LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2020 Family Law Commentator of the Year Finalist
- LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2020 & 2021 Family Law Innovation of the Year Finalist
- Women in Law Awards 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist
- Women in Law Awards 2020 Legal Services Innovator of the Year Finalist
- Federation of Small Businesses Sole Trader of the Year 2020 Finalist
- Modern Law Awards 2020 Market & Communication Strategy of the Year Finalist
- Resolution Resilience Finalist 2021
- Resolution Working in Collaboration Finalist 2021
- Lexis Nexis Family Law Wellbeing Award Finalist 2021
Memberships
- Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association)
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

