Sherrine Barrowes

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship problems
• Trauma and abuse

About Sherrine

Sherrine Barrowes helps people work on stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, and issues around intimacy and depression. She uses a mix of approaches and works from the view that clients know their own story and strengths. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has ten years' professional experience.

Sherrine uses practical talking work to identify patterns that make problems worse. She helps people notice thoughts and feelings, and then try out different ways of responding. That can include looking at how early attachment affects current relationships, or using exercises to reduce unhelpful thinking and build skills for managing strong emotions.

Sessions focus on what the person wants to change. Sherrine may draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and small steps, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to test beliefs and behaviours. She also uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at close relationships, and elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for emotion regulation.

Her background includes working with divorce and separation, blended family and fatherhood issues, and longer-standing patterns such as abandonment, codependency and avoidant personality traits. She also addresses dissociation, guilt and shame, infidelity, communication problems and family of origin issues.

Sherrine works in English and accepts international clients. She asks people to consider what they want from counselling before booking, and to use the service's matching steps to set up an initial session.

How her approaches work in online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, practical steps towards those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It is often used for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It involves trying experiments in thinking and behaviour to reduce unhelpful patterns and manage symptoms like low mood or anxiety.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current patterns with others, and can be helpful for intimacy issues, abandonment concerns and relationship problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and then agree a way of working together. This is a collaborative process that can be reviewed as therapy progresses.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, homework and emotion regulation skills to suit remote sessions.

Topics Sherrine lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Coping with life changes
• Intimacy-related issues
• Depression
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Codependency
• Communication problems
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Infidelity
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Multicultural concerns
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Somatization
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Existential Therapy
• Gottman Method
• Hypnotherapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy
• Internal Family Systems

Questions about Sherrine

What problems does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns and depression.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred methods, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy approaches.

How much experience does she have?

She has ten years of professional experience in therapeutic work.

Is she a registered counsellor in the UK?

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

Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?

Yes, she accepts international clients and offers sessions in English.

What session formats does she offer?

The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm the current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I start working with her?

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