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Cara O'Kane, NCPS
United Kingdom
NCPS counsellor - Stress and anxiety support
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness practice
- Workplace wellbeing
About Cara
Cara O'Kane is an NCPS counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional counselling experience and nine years working in mental health. She works with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes. She also supports people affected by compassion fatigue and related workplace pressures.
Cara uses clear, practical steps in sessions. She listens to what matters to the client and focuses on small changes that can be tried between meetings. Conversations look at thoughts, habits and everyday situations that maintain worry or low mood. Work may include simple exercises, reflection and short experiments to test different ways of responding.
Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centred ways of working and mindfulness. CBT-style techniques help identify unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness work supports noticing moment-to-moment experience without judgement. The client-centred element keeps the client's priorities central to each session.
Cara pays attention to issues such as attachment and abandonment, body image and sexual concerns, and difficulties around communication, control and forgiveness. She also helps people dealing with guilt, shame, impulsivity or isolation. Sessions can address questions about life purpose, self-love and workplace challenges.
Sessions are delivered in English. Cara asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and to book an initial appointment. She uses a subscription model for sessions that can be cancelled at any time, and fees vary by location.
How Cara uses CBT, mindfulness and client-centred work online
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behaviour. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and stress by breaking problems into manageable steps.Mindfulness work involves short practices that build awareness of present-moment experience. This can help reduce reactivity to stress and improve concentration in daily life.
Client-centred work keeps the client's priorities in focus. The therapist listens and reflects so the person helps set goals and choose which techniques to try next.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Cara will discuss the options and agree a plan based on the client's needs, goals and preferences. This collaborative process lets the person try different ways of working and adjust if something does not fit.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings around work or family commitments, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when a full session is not needed. Registered or accredited professionals commonly provide remote sessions; discuss practical arrangements and timing when you schedule the first appointment.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes, and also addresses compassion fatigue and workplace pressures.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions focus on practical, structured work that looks at thoughts, habits and everyday situations. Small exercises and short experiments are used between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has three years of professional counselling experience and nine years working in the field of mental health.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced and billed?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin?
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, use the crisis numbers.