About Carol
Carol Saker is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety and relationship strain. She also supports those coping with grief, trauma, depression and issues linked to addiction. Carol aims to make the first step feel less daunting by offering a calm, non-judgemental space to talk and be heard.
She trained after completing a psychology degree and has four years of professional experience. Early volunteer work in a school gave her practical insight into the concerns young people face, and shaped her approach to listening and understanding.
Background and approach
Carol is a BACP member, which signals her adherence to an industry framework for practice. Carol uses a person-centred style that focuses on the client's own experience and choices. Sessions centre on understanding feelings and how they affect daily life.
She stays alongside clients as they talk things through, helping them name what they feel and consider next steps. When relationships are the concern, sessions draw on emotion-focused methods and attachment ideas to help partners gain clearer understanding of each other. Practical, solution-oriented work is used to set goals and map out what couples want to change together.
She draws on dialectical behaviour therapy skills when people need help with strong emotions and coping tools. The overall aim is to help people feel more able to manage challenges, make decisions that suit them, and build steadier routines and relationships.
How Carol's approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape adult relationships. Online sessions use this approach to help people understand patterns with partners and family and to build new ways of relating. Client-Centred Therapy centres on the client's own experience and choice. In remote sessions this means the counsellor offers listening and reflection to help people clarify feelings and make decisions that suit them. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive reactions. These skills transfer well to online work through coaching, worksheets and short skill-practice conversations.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Carol will discuss options and help decide which methods suit the person's needs, goals and preferences. She treats this as a collaborative process and adapts methods as therapy progresses so the plan fits the individual.
Online therapy here is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face discussion and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer not to be on camera. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving or mobility needs while still using the same therapeutic tools.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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