About Carmen
Carmen Roberts helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, trauma and grief. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps to reduce distress and regain a sense of control. Carmen believes small changes in how people think and relate can make daily life feel easier.
Carmen holds a degree in Therapeutic Counselling from the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB). She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Background and approach
She also has a Diploma in Criminal Psychology and has seven years of practice experience. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, psychodynamic thinking and solution-focused techniques. That means she looks at patterns in relationships and past experiences, considers how these affect present choices, and works with clients to set realistic, manageable goals.
Sessions aim to identify repeating cycles and try small experiments to change them. Carmen has worked in a range of settings, including a police force, an NHS eating disorders unit and employee wellbeing services. She also volunteers with Cruse Bereavement Care, supporting people through loss.
These roles have shaped her sensitivity to trauma, grief and complex emotional problems. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging. She helps clients weigh which format will suit their day-to-day needs and therapeutic aims.
If someone wants to start, they complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions once a match is made.
How Carmen's approaches work online
Carmen uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This helps when problems repeat in relationships or when someone feels unsure about closeness and trust.She also uses psychodynamic thinking to gently explore how past experiences influence present feelings and choices. That can be useful for understanding repeated responses to stress, grief or trauma and making sense of emotional reactions.
Solution-focused techniques are used alongside these approaches to set clear, short-term goals. These practical steps aim to produce visible change within a few sessions and to build on small successes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carmen will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. She checks in regularly and adapts the plan if something is not working.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow conversational depth, phone sessions can work better when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits people who prefer typing, and text messaging is useful for brief check-ins. These options make it easier to include therapy around work, family tasks and daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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