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Carol Saker, BACP

Credentials
BACP
Experience
4 years
Practising in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Sessions
Online only
Client ages
Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefDepression

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Carol Saker offers support for a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, addiction and stress. She also helps with parenting pressures, sleep and eating problems, self-esteem, anger, career changes and coping with life transitions. Carol is a BACP counsellor with four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.

Carol uses a calm, open style in sessions. She aims to create a space where people can speak without judgement.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on listening, understanding what’s happening now, and finding small, useful steps forward. The first meeting is usually about getting to know the person and their priorities. Her background includes a psychology degree followed by training in counselling.

She has volunteered as a counsellor in a school, which gave practical insight into how people respond to stress and change. That experience shaped a gentle, patient way of working. Carol practises person-centred therapy alongside attachment-based ideas and approaches that address emotion and behaviour.

She draws on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy techniques for managing intense feelings and on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method when relationship patterns are central. The aim is practical help rather than labels. Carol supports people who want to understand their reactions, repair relationships and build coping skills.

She adapts sessions to fit what each person needs, using what works best from her range of approaches. Taking the first step is acknowledged as difficult, and she offers steady support through that process.

Using attachment and emotion-focused approaches online

Attachment-based work helps people notice how early relationships shape current responses and aims to build clearer patterns of connection and trust. It can be useful when relationship patterns or attachment needs are a central concern.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on understanding core emotions and how they shape interactions. It supports people and couples who want to change repeating emotional cycles and build more open communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and the therapist will work collaboratively to decide what fits best. Carol listens to goals and preferences, then suggests which methods to try and checks in about how they feel for the person as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face to face when that matters, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a simpler option, and chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or busy schedules. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work or family life and to keep continuity between sessions.
What kinds of problems does Carol help with?
Carol supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, stress, relationship difficulties, addictive behaviours and a wide range of family and personal concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She works in a calm, non-judgemental way that centres the person’s experience and priorities. Sessions focus on listening, understanding feelings and finding practical next steps.
What experience does she have?
She has four years of professional experience and volunteered as a counsellor in a school, which informed her practical approach to stress and change.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with Carol?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
4 years
Registered with
BACP
Languages
English

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