About Carol
Carol Barker is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She brings seven years of experience to her practice and aims to offer calm, practical support for people feeling stressed, anxious, low or grieving. Her approach is straightforward and non-judgemental.
She aims to make talking about hard things feel simpler. She uses a mix of familiar therapeutic approaches rather than a single method. That means sessions are shaped around what the person needs most.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on everyday steps people can try between sessions as well as what comes up in the room. Carol centres the relationship in therapy and listens for what matters to each person. She uses tools from cognitive behavioural and acceptance-based approaches to help with worrying thoughts and strong emotions.
She also draws on attachment-focused ideas to look at patterns in relationships. Sessions can include practical skills, reflection and gentler exploration of past experiences. She aims to support people dealing with relationship strain, family worries, grief and issues linked to adoption or caregiving.
Carol also works with concerns such as body image, chronic health challenges, and adjustment after illness. Appointments are offered online by a range of formats to fit different lives and schedules. Carol welcomes people who want a steady, compassionate counsellor to talk things through and try new ways of coping.
How Carol adapts therapeutic approaches for online work
Carol uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. CBT often involves setting small, practical tasks between sessions to test new ways of coping with anxiety and low mood.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people recognise difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on values-based actions. ACT can be useful when worry or avoidance gets in the way of daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit each person's situation. That decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video sessions let people see facial cues and use exercises that involve worksheets or screen sharing. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, mood tracking or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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