Carol Saker

Carol Saker, BACP, supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression and relationship strain. She also helps with addictions, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD and issues linked to attachment and family conflict. Carol aims to make the first step less daunting by offering a calm, non-judgemental space to talk and be heard.

Carol trained after completing a psychology degree and has four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. Early voluntary work in a school gave her insight into young people’s challenges and how they talk about difficult emotions. That experience shaped her direct, patient approach to counselling.

Her core style is client-centred counselling, which means she listens closely and follows the person’s pace. Carol encourages people to bring their whole selves to sessions and to explore feelings without pressure. She sits alongside clients as they make sense of what is happening for them.

For relationship work she draws on emotion-focused methods, attachment ideas, dialectical behaviour therapy and practical solution-focused techniques. This mix is used to help couples understand their patterns and decide what they want to change. Sessions focus on clear goals as well as understanding the emotional experiences behind them.

Carol works with a wide range of life problems including bereavement, caregiver stress, body image and chronic health challenges. She supports LGBT concerns and people living with neurodiversity. The approach is steady and practical, aimed at helping people cope with life changes and rebuild a sense of agency.

Approaches that guide online counselling

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current closeness and trust. It helps people who struggle with fear of abandonment, difficulty relying on others, or repeating old relationship patterns. Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s perspective at the heart of sessions; the counsellor listens without judgement and helps the client make their own decisions about change. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance and regulating reactions in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carol will discuss what feels most useful and adapt methods to the client’s goals and preferences. That means deciding together which techniques to try and reviewing how they are helping over time.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the session formats before booking as specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people use methods learned in sessions in their everyday routines more readily. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often combine listening-led talk with practical skill-building in remote sessions to support steady progress.