Anna Channon, BACP

Anna Channon is a relational counsellor with a degree in Psychotherapeutic Counselling and four years of client work. She focuses on helping people who feel disconnected from themselves and their bodies, and she often supports those carrying the effects of acute or ongoing trauma.

She commonly sees people experiencing bereavement and loss, anxiety, depression, stress and major life changes. Sexual abuse, trauma and other difficult experiences are also within her practice. Her approach pays attention to how feelings show up in the body as well as the mind.

Anna describes her work as integrative and relational. She draws on psychodynamic ideas that look at past relationships and patterns. She also uses attachment-based and trauma-focused ways of working to make sense of how people relate now.

Practical tools often appear in sessions. Breath work, movement, time in nature and creative exercises may be suggested when helpful, and no artistic talent is required. The aim is to help people notice and use what the body already knows alongside talking and reflection.

She is based in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Anna is due to go on maternity leave at the start of February 2025 and is therefore available only for short to medium term work before then. If interested, follow the site process to check current scheduling and match details.

How Anna’s approaches work in online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and reactions; it helps with concerns such as feeling disconnected, attachment worries and recurring relationship patterns. Client-centred work places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions, using warm, non-judgemental listening to help people make sense of their own thoughts and feelings. Trauma-focused work pays attention to how distressing events affect the body and mind and includes gentle ways of processing those memories and sensations.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss needs, goals and preferences and then try ways of working that fit the person sitting across from them - or online. Decisions about breath work, movement or creative tasks are made together and adjusted as therapy progresses.

The biography does not state specific session formats, so confirm which online or in-person options are available before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time and choose quieter surroundings. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when needed and for practical exercises that use the immediate home or local environment.