Counsellor profile
Anna Doherty, BACP
BACP counsellor - stress and family concerns
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- Mindfulness practice
- Client-centred work
- CBT and psychodynamic ideas
About Anna
Anna Doherty is a BACP counsellor with six years' experience working with people in the United Kingdom. She helps with everyday pressures and longer-standing concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, addictions and eating difficulties. She also supports people facing family-related strain, career changes, ADHD and trauma.
Her approach is client-centred and practical. She uses talking therapy alongside techniques that involve the body and attention, including mindfulness and somatic methods. Cognitive behavioural ideas and psychodynamic thinking are also part of how she works when these suit a person's needs.
Sessions tend to focus on clear, manageable steps. Conversation looks at current problems and patterns from the past that influence them. Mindfulness practice and simple body-based exercises are offered for managing anxiety, sleep and stress.
Anna pays attention to how people relate to others and to themselves. She helps address issues such as attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, communication problems and difficulties around control. She also works with people experiencing chronic illness, cancer-related distress and body image concerns.
People coming for support can expect practical techniques alongside talk therapy. The aim is to find what helps day to day - for sleep, mood, eating or coping with big life changes. Anna offers sessions in English and accepts international clients, with session arrangements to be confirmed before booking.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on open, non-directive conversation. The therapist listens to what matters to the client and helps them clarify feelings and choices. This approach is often useful for issues like low self-esteem, relationship strain and making sense of difficult emotions.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behaviour that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful thinking, which can help with anxiety, sleeping problems and depression.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve present-moment awareness. These practices can be useful for managing anxiety, cravings linked to addictions, and sleep difficulties.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and review progress as they go.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals often adapt exercises and mindfulness practices so they work well across distance.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family issues are supported?
She helps people handle family-related strain, communication problems, and the emotional impact of separation and loss.
How would she work with anxiety or low mood?
Sessions combine talking therapy with practical techniques such as mindfulness and somatic exercises to manage symptoms day to day.
What is her professional background?
She holds BACP registration and has six years of practice experience in the UK context.
Where is she based and does she work in the UK?
She practises from the United Kingdom and lists the UK as her location for services.
Are sessions available in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I book an initial session?
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 anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.