About Carole
Carole Barbier helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strains, family conflict and the aftermath of trauma and abuse. She also supports people coping with grief, eating difficulties, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar and depression, and life transitions such as pregnancy, postpartum and fertility challenges.
Carole recognises that taking a first step can be hard and offers a calm, steady presence to begin the process. Carole works from the view that each person knows their story best.
How Carole works
She looks for individual strengths to build on when tackling difficult feelings and problems. Sessions focus on practical steps and on making sense of what has happened so change feels manageable. Over ten years she has worked with people affected by abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, attachment worries and blended family issues.
She has supported those dealing with divorce and separation, immigration and workplace pressures, and young adult concerns. Carole is registered with BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and with NCPS. She practises in the United Kingdom and offers help in English, including to international clients when suitable.
She provides sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Therapy sessions are offered through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and the cost varies by location and therapist availability. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
What Carole works with
The areas below are the ones Carole selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | BACP, NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work and how sessions fit around life
Carole uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and understanding patterns in everyday life. One common approach she uses helps people recognise unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, then practise different ways of responding to reduce anxiety and low mood. This method suits worries, stress and mild to moderate depression.Another strand of her work concentrates on relationships and attachment. It helps people make sense of how early experiences affect current relationships and family dynamics, and it supports clearer communication and healthier boundaries in daily life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Carole discusses goals and preferences in early sessions and adapts techniques as therapy unfolds. Clients are involved in choosing what feels most helpful, and plans change if something does not fit.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are good when seeing expressions matters, phone sessions suit people with less reliable internet or who prefer not to be on camera, live chat and messaging can work for brief check-ins or for fitting support into a busy day. These options make it easier to get regular help while balancing work, family and travel.
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