Carol Saker , BACP

Carol Saker is a UK-based counsellor with four years of professional experience supporting people through anxiety, depression, family conflict, trauma, abuse, grief and loss, and issues related to neurodiversity and LGBTQ+ identity. She creates a welcoming space where clients can explore difficult thoughts and feelings at their own pace, acknowledging that starting therapy often requires courage.

Her path into counselling began after completing a psychology degree, followed by specialist training in counselling. Early volunteer work as a school counsellor for young people aged 11 to 18 deepened her understanding of adolescence and the issues young clients face, experience she brings into her practice.

Carol’s core orientation is Person-Centred counselling, also known as client-centred therapy, which emphasises listening, empathy and supporting clients to make decisions grounded in their own self-understanding. In sessions she sits alongside whatever emotions arise and encourages clients to bring their whole selves to the therapeutic space so they can better understand how their experiences are affecting them.

In couple work she incorporates solution-focused ideas alongside Emotionally-Focused Therapy, dialectical behaviour techniques and attachment-informed thinking to help partners deepen understanding of themselves and each other, clarify shared goals and find practical ways to move forward. She holds BACP credentials - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - reflecting her professional affiliation and training.