Carla Baker, BACP

Carla Baker is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 14 years of professional experience. She trained in integrative psychotherapeutic counselling and holds a postgraduate qualification in attachment, trauma and mental health across the lifespan. Carla lists stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns among the issues she addresses.

Carla takes a straightforward approach in sessions. She talks through current problems, patterns from the past, and practical steps to manage day-to-day stress. If trauma or difficult memories are present she works at a pace the client feels able to follow.

Many people come to her with relationship difficulties, intimacy issues, or struggles around parenting and blended family dynamics. She also works with grief, sleep problems, low self-esteem and career-related stress. LGBT concerns and abandonment or attachment issues are noted areas of focus.

Therapy draws on attachment-based thinking alongside client-centred ways of working. Cognitive behavioural tools and elements of dialectical behaviour therapy are used to teach skills for managing intense emotions and unhelpful thoughts. Hypnotherapy is also listed as an approach she uses for certain issues.

Carla’s sessions aim to be practical and direct. Conversations tend to include clear steps and exercises to try between meetings. People who want a mix of talking work and skills practice often find this style useful.