Caroline Lina Headland, BACP
Compassionate somatic and person-centred counselling
About Caroline
Caroline Lina Headland is a counsellor who works from a somatic and person-centred perspective. She draws on six years of professional experience to help people facing anxiety, depression, stress and relationship difficulties. Caroline is a BACP member and practises in the United Kingdom, offering sessions in English and accepting international clients.
She focuses on practical, conversational work that connects thoughts, feelings and physical experience. Sessions often explore how tension shows up in the body and how small shifts in awareness can reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
This approach is useful for people coping with trauma, grief, parenting strain, or ongoing stressors. Caroline aims to make therapy feel straightforward and respectful. She adapts the pace and tools to each person, mixing gentle somatic exercises with open, person-centred discussion.
Her style focuses on listening, curiosity and clear feedback rather than clinical jargon. Over six years she has worked with a range of concerns including addiction, eating and sleeping problems, bipolar and mood difficulties, anger, self-esteem and intimacy-related issues. Additional focuses include attachment issues, guilt and shame, self-love, social anxiety and women’s issues.
Sessions can take different formats to fit busy lives, and Caroline uses creative ways of working when helpful. Her aim is to support people to make manageable changes, build self-understanding and find more ease in day-to-day life.
How somatic and person-centred approaches work online
Caroline uses somatic work to help people notice where stress and emotion sit in the body and make small practical changes. This can be helpful for trauma, anxiety, chronic stress and difficulties that show up as physical tension. She also practices a client-centred style that focuses on listening, empathy and following the person’s lead to make sense of their experience.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify what feels most useful for each person, adjusting techniques and pacing to match goals and comfort. Decisions about exercises or conversational focus are made together, not imposed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. These formats make it easier to connect from home, during breaks or while travelling, and they allow for flexible scheduling. Many people find online work more manageable while still having space for somatic practices and reflective conversation.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English