About Otis
Otis Carey helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, anger issues and depression. He also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping difficulties, parenting pressures and low self-esteem. Otis is named first to make his role clear to a worried reader looking for help.
He keeps sessions straightforward and practical. He treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
How Otis works
The work often focuses on small, manageable steps and clearer day-to-day coping skills rather than long lectures. Otis has 12 years of experience working in the United Kingdom and holds BACP credentials from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
That background means he is familiar with a wide range of common problems people bring to counselling, from mood swings and bipolar concerns to issues around abandonment or codependency. Sessions often cover current difficulties and past events that still cause distress. He will listen to what matters most and help people make sense of painful patterns.
Practical tools for sleep, stress or anger are offered alongside space to talk about loss or relationship breakups. People can expect clear language in sessions and a steady pace that suits them. The focus is on making changes that fit everyday life, whether that means improving communication, managing strong emotions, or finding ways to cope after a major life change.
What Otis works with
The areas below are the ones Otis selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques often focus on practical skills and understanding patterns that keep problems going. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and learn new ways of thinking and coping; this can be useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. Another approach looks at emotional reactions and relationships to help people understand how past hurts or attachment issues affect current behaviour and choices; this can be helpful for trauma, grief and relationship difficulties.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss options and try methods that match the person's goals, needs and preferences. This is collaborative - goals are reviewed and approaches adjusted as the work progresses.
Online therapy is offered by registered or accredited professionals and includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for fuller face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit a break at work or need less bandwidth, live chat suits short check-ins and text messaging works for ongoing, flexible support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to access support from different places.
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