About Anna
Anna Doherty is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom. She focuses on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, addictions, eating issues, low self-esteem and grief. She also supports people dealing with career pressures, ADHD, trauma and life changes.
Her way of working is gentle and person-focused. She listens first and adapts session work to what feels useful. Sessions can include talking, body-based exercises and simple mindfulness practices to help people feel more present and calm.
Background and approach
Anna uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on somatic ideas to help the body and mind connect, and uses cognitive behavioural techniques when patterns of thinking are getting in the way. Client-centred principles guide how she builds a trusting relationship in sessions.
Her background includes six years of recent practice and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. She has worked with many concerns that often co-occur, such as attachment and abandonment issues, body image problems, chronic illness and bereavement. In practical terms she offers a range of formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.
International clients can work with her in English. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that suits you.
How Anna’s approaches work online
Somatic Therapy focuses on the connection between body and mind. In practice this can mean simple breathing, movement or awareness exercises to help reduce tension and grounding techniques to calm the nervous system. It is often useful for trauma, chronic stress and sleep problems.Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s own experience at the centre. The therapist provides a supportive, non-judgemental space and follows the person’s pace. This helps when someone needs to feel heard and make sense of their feelings.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. Online CBT tends to include practical tools for changing unhelpful thinking and building healthier habits, which can help with anxiety, depression and sleeping issues.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide what fits best based on goals, needs and what the person prefers. That plan can change over time as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel, and allow people to access support from different locations while working with registered or accredited professionals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Eating disorders
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English