Sallie Edwards
Calm, practical counselling for life’s hard moments
About Sallie
Sallie Edwards offers calm, down-to-earth counselling for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem or life changes. She presents a steady, non-judgemental presence so clients can talk through difficult feelings. Sallie uses clear, practical language and keeps sessions focused on what matters to the individual.
Sallie is a BACP counsellor with four years of professional experience. She draws on person-centred, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural ideas and adapts them to each person's needs.
Background and approach
In practice this looks like listening closely, reflecting what comes up, and suggesting small experiments or ways of thinking that can ease distress. Sessions often begin by making sense of current problems and identifying what a person wants to change.
Therapy can include looking at past experiences that still affect feelings today, noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, and trying new ways of responding in daily life. Sallie balances practical steps with a focus on emotional safety and pacing. People approach Sallie for a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions and relationship or family difficulties.
She also works with issues such as ADHD, caregiver stress, chronic health challenges, body image and communication problems. The style is warm and straightforward. Sallie aims to help people feel heard, reduce distress and build coping skills that fit their life.
She encourages small, manageable steps so progress feels achievable rather than overwhelming.
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Sessions & fees
Therapy approaches and how they work online
Client-centred therapy focuses on creating a respectful, listening space where a person feels genuinely heard. The counsellor reflects back what is said and supports the client to find their own solutions, which can help with low self-esteem, loneliness and relationship worries.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact. It involves noticing unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small practical experiments to change them. This approach is often used for anxiety, panic, mood problems and stress management.
Psychodynamic work pays attention to patterns that come from past experiences and how they affect today's feelings and relationships. It can help when people feel stuck, keep repeating the same difficulties, or want to understand why they react a certain way.
Finding the right way of working is part of the process. The therapist will discuss options and together with the client decide which approach, or combination, fits their needs, goals and preferences. That choice may change over time as progress is made.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face to face without travel, phone sessions can be useful when internet quality is low or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging suit those who prefer writing or need support between calls. These formats help people fit therapy around work, caring duties or daily life while keeping the focus on progress and accessibility.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
