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Anna Doherty, BACP

Credentials
BACP
Experience
6 years
Practising in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Sessions
Online only
Client ages
Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyAddictionsEating disordersSelf esteemADHD

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Anna Doherty helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, sleep problems, and self-esteem difficulties. She also supports those coping with career changes, ADHD, trauma and abuse, and eating and food-related issues. Anna works in English and offers online sessions to people in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Anna uses a client-centred approach. That means she listens first and tailors each session to what the person brings.

Background and approach

Sessions can include practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness practices when these suit the client's needs. Her background includes six years of recent professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She blends talking therapy with attention to bodily experience, drawing on somatic methods when helpful.

This can make anxiety and pain easier to notice and manage in everyday life. Anna works with a wide range of concerns beyond mood and anxiety. Areas she focuses on include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, chronic illness and pain, communication and control struggles, codependency, and the emotional effects of separation or domestic violence.

People can expect a collaborative, calm style in sessions. Anna helps clients set goals, try small practical steps, and review what is working. She aims to make therapy straightforward and relevant to daily life.

How Anna’s approaches work online

Client-centred therapy focuses on you as the expert in your life and gives space for your concerns to be heard. The therapist follows your lead, helping you clarify what matters and set practical next steps for change. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, offers clear exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Mindfulness therapy teaches attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve day-to-day coping with stress and cravings.

Choosing an approach is part of the work together. Anna will talk through what feels most useful and adapt methods as needs and goals become clearer. That collaborative decision-making means techniques can be tried, reviewed and adjusted without pressure.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth, live chat is useful for focused check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and travel, while keeping the same therapeutic aims as in-person work.
What kinds of problems does Anna support?
Anna works with stress, anxiety, depression, sleeping problems, addictions, eating-related concerns, low self-esteem, grief, ADHD and trauma-related issues among others.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centred and collaborative, with a calm, listening-first approach and practical techniques introduced as needed.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
She has six years of professional experience and combines talk-based methods with somatic and mindfulness practices to address body and mind together.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from outside the UK.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
6 years
Registered with
BACP
Languages
English

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