Carol Saker
Calm, practical counselling for difficult times
About Carol
Carol Saker helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship problems and trauma. She also supports those facing parenting strain, addictions, sleep or eating concerns, ADHD and career or life changes. Carol uses a calm, approachable style to make it easier to start difficult conversations.
She trained in psychology before choosing counselling, and holds BACP accreditation. Carol has four years of professional experience and has volunteered as a counsellor at a school, which gave her insight into the pressures young people can face.
Background and approach
She brings that practical experience into her work with adults. Carol’s main way of working is client-centred therapy, which means she listens and follows each person’s pace. She draws on attachment-based ideas and emotion-focused methods to look at how relationships and feelings affect day-to-day life.
Dialectical behaviour therapy skills are used when people need tools to manage strong emotions and reactions. When working with couples Carol focuses on emotionally-focused techniques and solution-focused elements to help partners clarify goals and make practical changes. Conversations are grounded and goal-oriented so couples can notice small shifts that add up over time.
Sessions are conversational and straightforward. Carol aims to create a non-judgemental space where people can bring their whole experience and start to make sense of it. She supports each person to find choices that fit their life and values.
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Sessions & fees
How these approaches work online
Carol uses client-centred therapy to follow each person’s pace, offering a space to talk and make sense of feelings. This approach helps with anxiety, low mood and navigating life changes by placing the person’s experience at the centre of each session.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape reactions and emotional patterns. This can help people understand recurring difficulties in close connections and work towards more stable ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Carol will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adapt methods over time. The first few sessions are used to agree what feels most helpful and to build a practical plan together.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls suit deeper conversations and seeing facial cues. Phone sessions work well when someone prefers not to be on camera or needs a simpler connection with lower bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, journalling between sessions or when someone wants to reflect in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and daily life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
