Counsellor profile
Carmen Roberts, BACP
United Kingdom
Counsellor for relationships and addiction
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 376671
- Experience
- 7 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment issues
- Solution-focused work
- Psychodynamic approach
About Carmen
Carmen Roberts is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has seven years' experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, and grief. Her work also covers codependency and attachment concerns.
Carmen uses straightforward conversation to understand how past and present events shape reactions today. She listens for patterns such as people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or losing sense of self in a relationship. Sessions look at how those patterns develop and what keeps them going.
Her training includes a degree in Therapeutic Counselling from the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body, and a Diploma in Criminal Psychology. Carmen is a BACP member and has worked in a range of settings, including an NHS eating disorders unit and police services.
She brings practical tools as well as time to reflect. Some sessions focus on current problems and setting reachable steps. Other sessions look deeper at early attachments and repeated relationship patterns.
Carmen also volunteers with Cruse Bereavement Care and has managed an employee wellbeing scheme. That mix of clinical and community experience informs how she supports people through loss, trauma, and addictive behaviour.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange a first session. The subscription model used for sessions can be cancelled at any time, and costs vary with location.
How sessions work
How Carmen uses attachment, psychodynamic and solution-focused work online
Carmen draws on attachment-based therapy to look at how early relationships shape expectations and behaviour in adult relationships. This approach helps when people struggle with abandonment fears, clinginess, or losing themselves in a partner.She also uses psychodynamic ideas to notice recurring patterns and emotional reactions that come from past experience. That work can help people understand why they repeat the same relationship cycles and where control issues or dependent tendencies began.
Solution-focused work adds short-term, practical steps. These sessions concentrate on clear goals, small experiments and skills to set boundaries or reduce anxiety. It is useful when someone wants immediate changes alongside deeper reflection.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Carmen will discuss needs, goals and preferences and together decide which mix of methods feels most useful. That collaborative conversation can shift as work progresses.
Confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals often find that combining reflective and practical methods works well in remote sessions.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
Carmen works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and grief. She also focuses on codependency and related patterns such as abandonment and communication problems.
How does she approach therapy?
She combines attachment-based, psychodynamic and solution-focused approaches. That means talking about past relationships, noticing repeated patterns, and trying practical steps to make change.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years' experience in counselling roles. Her background includes work in an NHS eating disorders unit and with police services.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds a degree in Therapeutic Counselling from the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body and a Diploma in Criminal Psychology, and is a BACP member. She practises in the United Kingdom.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Exact fees depend on the chosen subscription tier and location.
How do I start a course of sessions?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.