Anna Doherty

Anna Doherty is a BACP counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and other common struggles. She works with concerns such as addictions, eating and body image issues, ADHD, sleep difficulties, grief and trauma. Her manner is calm and patient, aimed at making it easier to talk about difficult topics.

She practises a client-centred style that keeps the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. That means conversations are shaped around what matters most to the individual and moves at a pace they can manage. Anna also uses cognitive behavioural techniques, mindfulness and somatic ideas to support change in thinking, feeling and bodily responses.

Her background includes six years of recent practice and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She has worked with people facing long-term illness and disability, bereavement, relationship breakdown and diverse challenges linked to attachment and abandonment.

In sessions Anna aims to blend talking therapy with practical exercises. Clients may be invited to use mindfulness skills, breathe work or simple body-based techniques when these feel helpful. She adapts tools to each person rather than following one fixed method.

Anna describes therapy as a collaborative process. Together she and the client set goals and review progress. The emphasis is on small steps that build coping skills and improve day-to-day life.

How Anna uses different therapeutic approaches online

Anna uses a client-centred way of working that focuses on what each person needs most. This approach means the therapist listens closely and follows the client’s lead, helping them set goals and choose practical steps to reach them.

She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. CBT can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and unhelpful habits by teaching specific strategies to change patterns that keep problems going.

Mindfulness therapy is another common element in her work. That involves simple attention and breathing practices that can reduce stress and make it easier to notice and respond to difficult feelings. These practices can be adapted to short exercises suitable for online sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss options and try methods that match the client’s goals and preferences, reviewing what helps and adjusting plans as therapy unfolds.

If you want online sessions, please confirm current session options before booking. The main practical benefit of online work is fitting therapy into everyday life more easily - it can save travel time, make shorter check-ins possible and help people join sessions from different locations or while travelling. Registered or accredited professionals can also adapt session length and exercises to suit quieter surroundings, lower bandwidth or shorter breaks during the day.