Dr Carol Sadler

I have considerable experience consulting in the following areas, residential care teams for looked-after children, family nurse partnerships (FNP), Young People's Advisory Services (YPAS), transition of care services and local authority adoption services. I work with Psychologists and mental health workers, in both groups and individually.

Adults

I help adults facing a range of challenges, for example, anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, or relationship problems.

Appropriate evidence-based therapies are:

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
• Cognitive Analytical Therapy (informed)
• Compassion Focused Therapy
• Schema Therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)

Children and Families

I help families function better through a range of therapeutic interventions tailored to individual needs. 

Examples of these therapies are:

• Attachment Narrative Therapy
• Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Family Therapy

I have extensive experience of supervising members of multidisciplinary teams, including trainee clinical psychologists, key workers, assistant psychologists and mental health practitioners. This is provided in either individual or group sessions.

I provide the following training for mental health, social care and educational professionals:

• Managing Challenging Behaviour (children and adolescents)
• Understanding and Working with Anger (children, adolescents and adults)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Personality Problems (adolescents and adults)
• Nurturing Attachments (PACE) (looked-after children)

I am an accredited trainer for Mental Health First Aid England and provide all their programmes:

• Mental Health First Aid – half-day, one-day, or two-day