About Carol
Carol Saker helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship difficulties and parenting pressures. She also supports those facing issues with sleep, eating, self-esteem, career changes, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Carol is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation.
Carol uses a straightforward, person-centred way of working. She listens without judgement and gives people space to talk through painful feelings. Sessions aim to help clients make sense of what they are experiencing and decide what to do next.
How Carol works
Her background includes a psychology degree followed by counsellor training. She volunteered as a counsellor at a school for young people aged 11 to 18, which helped her understand some of the pressures young people face. Carol draws on a number of approaches depending on what a person needs.
These include attachment-focused work to look at how early relationships shape current patterns, emotionally-focused methods to explore feelings in relationships, and practical skills from dialectical behaviour therapy for managing intense emotions. In couple work she focuses on what partners want to achieve together and practical steps to get there. Gottman-informed ideas and emotion-focused techniques are used to rebuild understanding and improve communication.
People can expect a calm, respectful space where the counsellor sits alongside them as they talk through difficult material. Carol aims to help people find clearer ways of coping and move towards the changes they want.
Carol lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Carol works with
The areas below are the ones Carol selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Carol’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can explore these patterns by mapping relationship histories and noticing how attachments show up now, which suits people dealing with trust or intimacy issues.Client-centred counselling focuses on listening and making space for the whole person. In video or phone sessions this means the counsellor reflects what is said and helps clients find their own answers at a steady pace.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Carol will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and then suggest which methods might be most useful. That decision happens together and can change as therapy progresses.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls let people see facial cues and work through relationship or emotion-focused material. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing, want flexible timing or need to fit support around work and family commitments.
Registered or accredited professionals use these formats to make therapy more accessible and to match the way a person likes to communicate.
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