Sally Smith

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Young adult issues
• BACP member

About Sally

Sally Smith helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes. She works with young adult issues and uses a client-led way of counselling. Sally is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has five years' experience.

Sally offers short-term counselling and longer open-ended work depending on what each person needs. She describes her practice as humanistic and uses client-centred methods to shape sessions around the person's concerns. When needs are unclear she explores them together with the client so goals become more specific.

She draws on additional techniques from cognitive and resilience-building approaches where these help with symptoms such as low mood, worry, or difficulty coping after trauma. Sally has worked with people experiencing bereavement, relationship difficulties, job and career concerns including impostor feelings, obsessive-compulsive difficulties, and post-traumatic stress symptoms.

Sally's experience includes work across a wide age range, and she has provided both in-person and remote sessions over her five years in practice. Her sessions aim to be practical and collaborative, with a focus on helping people identify small, manageable steps.

People who choose to work with Sally can expect a counsellor who places the therapeutic relationship at the centre of the work and who adapts approaches to suit the person's pace and goals.

How Client-Centred work translates to online sessions

Sally uses client-centred principles in her online work, which means the focus is on the person's concerns and priorities. This approach involves listening carefully and helping the person make sense of their own thoughts and feelings, which can help with anxiety, low mood and life changes.

She also draws on elements of cognitive-style approaches and resilience-building. Cognitive methods look at patterns of thinking that can increase worry or low mood, and help develop practical ways to test and change those patterns. Resilience-building work focuses on small, practical strategies to manage stress and daily pressures.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sally will discuss what feels most useful and try different methods over early sessions so the person and counsellor can agree an approach that fits goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

Please confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed, which can help people keep therapy alongside work or study commitments.

Topics Sally lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy

Questions about Sally

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. She works with anxiety and stress using client-centred methods and additional cognitive and resilience-building techniques as needed.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She primarily offers Client-Centred Therapy, with elements from cognitive approaches and resilience-building when they are helpful.

How much experience does she have?

She has five years' experience, split between work with adults and young people and between in-person and remote sessions.

Where in the UK is she based and what credential does she hold?

She is based in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I have sessions in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with clients outside the UK?

Yes. International clients are accepted.

How are sessions charged and paid for?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Click the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.