Anna Doherty
Calm, practical support for daily struggles
About Anna
Anna Doherty is a BACP counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief and sleep problems. She also helps with self-esteem, eating and body-image concerns, ADHD and coping with life changes. Anna uses straightforward, calm conversation and practical exercises to help people feel steadier day to day.
Her style puts the person first. Sessions focus on what matters to the client now and on small, manageable steps. She blends client-centred listening with structured techniques to tackle thinking patterns and body tension.
Background and approach
Anna draws on several approaches to tailor care. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps with unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Mindfulness exercises support stress reduction and better sleep.
Somatic techniques bring attention to bodily signs of anxiety or trauma. She has six years of experience and holds BACP accreditation, working with people across a broad range of issues including attachment and abandonment, chronic illness, trauma and eating-related problems. Anna also has experience supporting people with autism and Asperger syndrome and with personality-related difficulties.
Sessions are offered in English and are available to clients in the United Kingdom and internationally. Formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire, then scheduling a time that suits the client.
What Anna works with
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Sessions & fees
How Anna’s approaches translate to online work
Anna uses client-centred therapy to build a supportive, listening space where the client sets the agenda. This approach helps when people need someone to tune into what feels most pressing and to reflect on their choices and feelings.Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is used to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. It often involves simple, practical tasks between sessions to test new ways of coping with anxiety, low mood or sleep problems.
Mindfulness therapy supplies short exercises to calm the nervous system and reduce intrusive thoughts. These practices can improve focus, ease stress and support better sleep when practised regularly.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques and adapt plans as progress is monitored. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods feel most helpful and when to change tack.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let the therapist observe non-verbal signals, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, and live chat or text-based messaging suits short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around everyday life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
