Anna Doherty, BACP

Anna Doherty is a BACP counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and life changes. She also supports people dealing with addictions, sleep problems, eating concerns, low self-esteem and grief. Anna works with those navigating trauma, attachment and abandonment issues, and people with neurodiversity or chronic illness seeking better ways to cope.

Anna uses a client-centred way of working that puts the person’s experience first. She combines that with mindfulness and somatic ideas to bring more body-awareness into sessions. Cognitive behavioural ideas and psychodynamic thinking are also part of her practice when they suit a person’s goals.

Sessions focus on simple, practical steps and on listening closely to what matters to the individual. Anna adapts conversations and tools to each person, offering art-based exercises or movement and breathing techniques when helpful. Her style aims to be calm, straightforward and collaborative.

Anna has six years of experience in the roles described here and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She works from the United Kingdom and offers services in English, including to people outside the UK. Before booking, check current session options to confirm how she is running appointments.

To begin, people follow the site’s Start Therapy process, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability. The subscription used for sessions can be cancelled at any time.

How Anna’s approaches translate to online work

Anna uses client-centred therapy to focus on what matters to the individual, helping people talk through feelings and priorities in a supportive way. This approach is about listening closely and shaping sessions around the person’s experience rather than following a fixed programme.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect and teaches straightforward skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and stuck behaviours by breaking problems into workable steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Anna will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then tailor methods together with the client. That collaborative decision-making helps ensure sessions match the person’s needs as they change.

Practical benefits of online work can include fitting therapy into a busy day and keeping sessions consistent when life is unpredictable. Online therapy can make it easier to continue work while travelling or balancing other commitments. As formats are not specified in the biography, please confirm which session types are currently offered before booking so you know how appointments will be arranged and what will fit best into your routine.