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Caroline Tresman

Caroline Tresman

NCPS

United Kingdom

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Gentle, practical therapy for anxiety and trauma

  • Person-centred approach
  • Uses EFT tapping
  • Works with trauma

About Caroline

Caroline Tresman is an MSc-qualified counsellor and psychotherapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety and panic attacks. She offers calm, straightforward support for trauma, low self-esteem, depression and difficult behaviours. She also supports people facing relationship and family strain, grief, issues around intimacy, and concerns linked to eating and sleeping.

Caroline trained as a counsellor at Keele University and holds the NCPS credential. She has worked therapeutically since 2015 using Emotional Freedom Technique, often called EFT or Tapping, and Matrix Reimprinting alongside person-centred counselling. She also draws on ideas from cognitive behavioural approaches and Transactional Analysis when these tools suit a person’s needs.

Sessions focus on practical steps chosen with the client. She may use gentle tapping exercises to reduce overwhelming feelings, or Matrix Reimprinting to help shift the way past memories feel. Conversation, reflection and simple behavioural ideas are used where they help build confidence and reduce worry.

Caroline has experience supporting people with trauma, suicidal feelings, self-harm, autism spectrum presentations and panic attacks. She describes her style as gentle and collaborative and aims to help people feel safer with their memories and feelings rather than overwhelmed by them.

Her stated aim is to make an initial session available quickly and to work at a pace the client finds manageable. She is also studying the links between nutrition and mental health to broaden her understanding of wellbeing.

Approaches used online and how they can help

Caroline uses a small set of practical, evidence-based techniques that translate well to online work. Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT tapping, is a simple method where gentle tapping is combined with guided attention to reduce acute anxiety and distress. Matrix Reimprinting is a memory-focused tool that helps people change how past events feel and can reduce the hold of traumatic memories.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Caroline works together with each person to decide which techniques suit their goals, preferences and comfort. That collaborative decision means the approach can change as progress is made and new needs arise.

Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around family, work or study commitments, reduce travel time and allow follow-up check-ins without the need to leave home. It can also allow shorter, focused sessions or simple phone check-ins when less bandwidth or a quieter setting is needed. Many people find these practical benefits help them maintain consistency with therapy while juggling daily life.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

Autism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaVisually impairedWorkplace issues

Experience

10+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?

She supports people facing stress, anxiety including panic attacks, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression, plus a wide range of related concerns such as relationship issues, grief and eating or sleeping difficulties.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her work is person-centred and collaborative, using gentle, practical techniques such as conversation, tapping and memory-based tools to help reduce distress and build coping skills.

What experience does the counsellor have?

She has around 10 years of therapeutic experience, with active use of EFT (Tapping) and Matrix Reimprinting since 2015 and ongoing postgraduate study including an MSc.

What are the counsellor's credentials and where is she based?

She holds NCPS and trained at Keele University; her practice is based in the United Kingdom.

Can sessions be done in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with clients outside the UK?

She accepts international clients; please consider time differences when arranging sessions.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

What is the process to start therapy with her?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.

Whenever you are ready

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