Anneke Beresford
Person‑centred counsellor focused on practical change
About Anneke
Anneke Beresford works from a person‑centred approach that focuses on the individual. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk through problems at their own pace and find practical ways forward. She has 13 years of experience supporting people with stress, anxiety and depression.
She also helps clients struggling with addiction, trauma and abuse, eating difficulties, bipolar disorder and grief. Her work includes issues around intimacy, self‑esteem, anger and sleep problems.
Background and approach
Anneke adapts conversations and plans to suit each person. She listens without judgement and helps people identify small, manageable steps they can take. Motivational interviewing and solution‑focused techniques are used when helpful to set goals and track progress.
She also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas and mindfulness practices to help with unhelpful thinking and intense emotions. These approaches are offered in straightforward language and with practical exercises a person can try between sessions. Sessions are available in English and Anneke accepts international clients.
She balances warmth and clarity during sessions and works to make each meeting useful and achievable. Her aim is to support people to feel steadier and more able to handle life changes.
What Anneke works with
How Anneke works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online support that fit your life
Anneke commonly uses Client‑Centred Therapy, which centres the conversation on the person’s experience. This approach involves empathetic listening and helping people explore what matters to them, which can be useful for stress, low mood and relationship concerns.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT to help identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. CBT works well for anxiety, sleep problems and some aspects of depression by offering practical exercises and clear steps to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, then recommend a course that suits the individual. That way the plan is tailored and collaborative rather than one‑size‑fits‑all.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text‑based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face‑to‑face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit brief check‑ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel commitments, while keeping focus on the therapeutic work.
| 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
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
