Caroline Dyson
BACP Accredited Psychotherapist | Teacher | She/her
Caroline Dyson is a BACP accredited Psychotherapist and qualified teacher who works with adults, children and young people aged 5 and above, parents and professionals.
Caroline has worked with children and young people for nearly 30 years. Her particular interests include anxiety, trauma, self-esteem, emotional regulation and support within schools and education settings.
Her approach is integrative, blending different therapeutic models to suit each person’s needs. She aims to be supportive, open and approachable, adapting her work for children and young people with additional needs and keeping her clients’ best interests at the forefront.
Quick profile
- Works with
- Adults, children and young people aged 5 and above; parents, carers and families; care-experienced and adopted children; foster carers and fostering agencies; schools and professional networks.
- Areas of focus
- Anxiety, trauma, self-esteem, emotional regulation and schools and education. Other interests include low mood, attachment, bereavement, relationships, parenting support, family transitions, identity and belonging, autism and staff wellbeing.
- Services offered
- Therapy for adults; therapy for children and young people; children in care, adoption and fostering support; EMDR; therapeutic groups; parenting support; training and consultation; reflective practice and supervision. Additional areas of practice include clinical hypnotherapy and sleep support for children and young people.
- Approaches
- Integrative psychotherapy, EMDR, CBT strategies, compassion-focused and ACT-informed approaches, trauma-informed and attachment-informed practice, DDP-informed approaches, PACE and therapeutic parenting, play and creative methods, and Non-Violent Resistance.
- Appointments
- Sutton Coldfield and online.
- Professional accreditation
- BACP accredited member — 379892.
About Caroline
I am a Psychotherapist and qualified teacher, and I have worked with children and young people for nearly 30 years. I always wanted to work in this field, and I am proud to be part of it.
I have taught in mainstream and specialist education settings. I have also provided therapeutic support, training, supervision and guidance to schools, a Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) hospital, residential children’s homes and healthcare companies, alongside running my own private practice.
My work has included supporting adults, parents, professionals, and children and young people aged 5 and above. I particularly enjoy working directly with adults and children and young people.
I work in a very integrative style, blending a range of approaches depending on the individual client, setting and presenting need. I relate well to children and young people and can adapt my approach to support those with additional needs.
My approaches include EMDR, compassion-focused and acceptance and commitment approaches, attachment-informed work, creative methods and therapeutic parenting. I also use CBT strategies within my work, alongside other approaches that may be helpful to the individual.
I hope anyone working with me will find me supportive, open and approachable. I am conscientious and professional, and I regularly invest in continuing professional development so that I can keep developing myself and better support my clients.
I am passionate about my role and always have my clients’ best interests at the forefront of everything I do. I appreciate the courage it can take to come to therapy and allow yourself to feel vulnerable, and I never take that trust for granted.
Guiding quote
“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome.”
Why this quote matters to Caroline
Caroline loves this quote because attending therapy can mean allowing yourself to feel vulnerable, and she never takes that for granted. She believes that growth and change can happen when people feel able to be vulnerable, while recognising that this is not an easy thing to do.
Services offered by Caroline
- Therapy for Adults
- Therapy for Children and Young People — ages 5 and above
- Children in Care, Adoption and Fostering Support
- Family, Parenting and Carer Support
- Groups and Therapeutic Groups
- EMDR Therapy
- Training and Consultation
- Reflective Practice and Supervision
Caroline also offers clinical hypnotherapy and sleep support for children and young people, drawing on CBT for insomnia (CBT-i). Her group work includes The Body Project, an intervention focused on body image.
Qualifications and professional memberships
Professional accreditation and memberships
- Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) — 379892
- Member of EMDR Europe
- Member of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Master’s in Education — Distinction
- Postgraduate Certificate in Attachment, Trauma and Mental Health
- PGCE in Primary Education
- BSc (Hons) Psychology — Upper Second-Class Honours
- Level 4 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- Level 5 Certificate in Supervision
- Level 4 Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy
Selected additional training
- Training in the therapeutic approaches listed below
- Paediatric Sleep Practitioner training, using CBT-i for children and young people
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) facilitator training
Training in progress
- Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) accreditation — expected completion August 2027
Approaches
- Integrative psychotherapy
- Psychological formulation
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) strategies
- Compassion-focused approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-informed approaches
- Trauma-informed and attachment-informed practice
- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP)-informed approaches
- PACE and therapeutic parenting
- Play and creative approaches
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Non-Violent Resistance (NVR)
- Mentalisation-Based Therapy
- Solution-focused approaches
- Clinical hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)-informed approaches
- Animal-assisted interventions
A little more about Caroline
In my free time, I like going to the gym, doing Hyrox classes and running. I also play and sing in a local band and enjoy music.
I volunteer at Good Hope Hospital through the Pets in Hospital scheme with my therapy dog, a cavapoo called Molly.
I have personal experience of autism through a family member’s diagnosis, which helps me appreciate things from both a personal and professional perspective.
