About Caroliz
Caroliz Perez-Acevedo trained in psychodynamic counselling and brings nine years of experience supporting people through emotional pain and life transitions. She holds a BACP credential and works from the United Kingdom. Caroliz speaks English and Spanish and has a particular interest in trauma and mindfulness-based ways of working.
Her path into counselling began alongside studies in alternative medicine, where she became drawn to emotional and psychological healing. She completed an MSc in Counselling Studies at the University of Edinburgh and an MA in Counselling at Goldsmiths, University of London, qualifying to practise in 2016.
How Caroliz works
Since then she has worked for a number of mental health organisations in London. Caroliz draws on psychodynamic ideas to help people understand patterns that repeat in their lives. She also uses mindfulness tools to support regulation and present-moment calm.
Trauma-focused approaches are used when past hurts continue to affect how someone functions now. Sessions aim to be curious and compassionate. Conversations might look at early relationships, current difficulties, and how emotions show up in the body.
Practical strategies such as grounding and mindful breathing are offered alongside deeper, reflective work. She has experience with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy difficulties, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strains, and compassion fatigue. Caroliz also supports people facing identity and attachment issues and those coping with guilt, shame or abandonment.
People can expect an approachable, patient style that mixes short-term coping strategies with longer-term exploration. Her bilingual ability often helps Spanish speakers feel understood and heard.
Caroliz lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Caroliz works with
The areas below are the ones Caroliz selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice thoughts and bodily sensations without judgement. Online sessions often include simple guided breathing and body awareness exercises that can be practised between meetings to reduce stress and improve sleep.Psychodynamic Therapy looks at repeating patterns and early relationships to understand current difficulties. In video or phone sessions this involves reflective conversation, noticing emotional reactions, and tracing themes that recur in daily life.
Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on how past harms affect present functioning. When relevant, Caroliz uses trauma-aware ways of working to help people build regulation skills and slowly process difficult memories.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide what feels most useful, adjusting methods as goals and needs become clearer. That collaborative process means clients help shape the focus and pace of therapy.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer written conversation or need flexible check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life, or mobility constraints.
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