- Attachment-based work
- CBT techniques
- Remote sessions experience
About Caroline
Dr. Caroline Norman is a BACP counsellor and psychotherapist with 12 years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, parenting pressures and self-esteem struggles.
Caroline draws on several approaches to help people make sense of their difficulties. She uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and test small changes. She also uses person-centred listening and psychodynamic thinking to look at how past experiences influence present feelings and relationships.
Her background includes a PhD in sociology that looked at mental health in education and a postgraduate diploma in cognitive behavioural therapy. She also holds a diploma in integrative counselling and psychotherapy and a certificate in counselling supervision. Before training as a therapist she worked in teaching, mentoring and research.
Caroline has worked in both the NHS as a psychotherapist and addictions counsellor and in the private sector as a clinical lead supervising other therapists. She has over nine years' experience working remotely with clients by telephone, video and text chat and now runs a private practice in the United Kingdom.
She offers both short-term and longer-term work depending on the issues and the person's goals. Practical steps, reflective conversation and occasional focused exercises are offered where helpful. People often come to address how childhood difficulties continue to affect their current relationships and sense of self.
Therapeutic approaches and remote sessions
Caroline uses attachment-based therapy to look at how early relationships shape current feelings and interactions. This approach helps when past abandonment or attachment issues affect trust and connection in adult life.She also uses client-centred methods which focus on listening carefully and following what the person brings. This helps people feel heard and to explore what matters to them. Cognitive behavioural therapy, which she also uses, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavioural changes to ease anxiety or low mood.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Caroline discusses goals and preferences and together with the client decides which methods to try and when to adjust them. That collaborative process helps match ways of working to what feels most useful.
Her existing experience includes telephone, video and text chat work, though current session formats should be confirmed before booking. Remote sessions can make fitting counselling into a busy week easier, allow shorter check-ins when needed and offer options for people who prefer not to use video. Registered or accredited professionals often find that remote work helps maintain continuity during life changes while using the therapeutic approaches above.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, grief, parenting strains and relationship difficulties among other concerns.
What style of therapy does she use?
Her work combines attachment-based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural approaches to address both past patterns and current thinking.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of practice, including roles in the NHS and as a clinical lead in workplace counselling.
What credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are offered?
Her biography mentions experience with telephone, video and text chat, but please confirm the current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a course of work?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.