Carmen Roberts
Helping people regain control and connection
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About Carmen
Carmen Roberts supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strains, trauma and grief. She helps individuals who feel stuck by problems like abandonment, body image worries, codependency, or communication and control issues. Carmen speaks plainly and offers practical ways to make small, steady changes.
Carmen approaches therapy with attention to personal history and current behaviour. She combines attachment-based ideas that look at how early relationships shape patterns, psychodynamic thinking about unconscious motives, and solution-focused steps to build immediate coping tools.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to clarify what’s driving a problem and then test manageable alternatives. Carmen holds a degree in Therapeutic Counselling from the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body, CPCAB, and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She also has a Diploma in Criminal Psychology.
These qualifications help her draw on different ways of understanding difficult feelings. Her background includes work with bereavement support and NHS eating-disorder services. Carmen has experience in police settings and managing employee wellbeing schemes.
That mix of roles shaped her practical, down-to-earth style. In therapy sessions she listens for patterns that repeat in relationships and day-to-day life. She then works with each person to set achievable goals and rehearse new ways of relating and coping.
The focus is on what helps now, and what can change over time.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 7
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 376671
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Attachment-Based Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Carmen's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Carmen works with
Everything Carmen lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Carmen lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Carmen works online
Her psychodynamic approach invites gentle curiosity about unconscious motives and long-standing patterns. It can help people make sense of feelings that feel overwhelming or puzzling and how those feelings link to past experiences.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carmen will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. Together they decide whether to focus more on understanding patterns or on practical, short-term changes.
The practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week, avoiding travel time and helping continuity when life is unpredictable. The biography does not list which session formats are offered, so please confirm available options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt the chosen approach to work well at a distance, keeping sessions focused on achievable steps and clearer understanding.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does Carmen help with?
Carmen supports people experiencing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and grief. She also helps with issues such as abandonment, attachment struggles, body image, codependency and communication problems.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style mixes understanding past patterns with practical steps for change. Sessions balance talking about underlying causes and trying simple, goal-focused strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working in counselling and related roles across voluntary and statutory settings. That includes bereavement support and NHS eating-disorder services.
What are her professional credentials and location?
Carmen holds a degree in Therapeutic Counselling from CPCAB, a Diploma in Criminal Psychology and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Exact fees depend on the chosen subscription plan.
How do I begin working with her?
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