Sallie Edwards, BACP

Sallie Edwards is a counsellor who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, parenting strains and life transitions. She works in a warm, down-to-earth way and aims to make sessions feel calm and manageable. Sallie uses straightforward conversation to help people untangle confusing or painful feelings and to find steps forward.

She brings together ideas from person-centred, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural approaches. That mix lets her adjust the work to suit each person’s needs. Sessions often focus on understanding repeated patterns, exploring past experiences that still affect you, and trying practical ways to change anxious or unhelpful thinking.

Sallie draws on four years of professional experience and is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has personal experience supporting an autistic daughter and understands some of the pressures that can come with parenting someone with complex needs.

People often come for help with grief, depression, relationship problems, addiction, anger, feeling isolated or struggling with self-esteem. Sallie also lists ageing and geriatric issues among her focus areas and can support people working through life changes linked to ageing.

Her style is patient and non-judgemental. She will listen carefully, reflect back what she hears and gently challenge thinking where helpful. If you are unsure where to begin, she will take things at your pace and co-create the goals for therapy with you.

How Sallie’s approaches work online

Sallie blends person-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques and psychodynamic ideas. Person-centred work focuses on the relationship and being truly heard, helping people feel safe to share what matters most. Cognitive behavioural work looks at patterns of thought and action and offers practical steps to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Psychodynamic exploration gently looks at past experiences and how they influence current feelings and relationships.

Choosing which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, try different ways of working and agree on an approach together. That shared planning helps make sure the work fits your needs and preferences rather than following a fixed method.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, for example by removing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a break. It can also offer more flexibility around scheduling and make it simpler to keep continuity of care when circumstances change. The biography does not specify which online session types are used, so confirm current session options before booking to find the format that best suits your day-to-day life.