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Sally Gardner, BACP

Sally Gardner is a counsellor with seven years' experience based in the United Kingdom.

About Sally

Sally Gardner is a counsellor with seven years' experience based in the United Kingdom. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship worries, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues. Sally takes a warm, respectful approach and aims to tailor conversations to each person's needs.

She often notices that low self-worth underlies many problems. Sally talks through past experiences and relationships to help people see how earlier events affect current feelings and behaviour.

Background and approach

This process is gentle and paced to the client’s readiness. Sally uses a mix of practical techniques and listening. She draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural methods to challenge unhelpful thoughts and attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns.

She also uses acceptance-based work and skills for managing intense emotions. Her background includes work in mental health nursing alongside counselling practice, which informs her day-to-day work with people facing complex issues. She aims to be sensitive and compassionate in sessions and to create a space where people can speak openly.

Sally can support clients struggling with addiction, grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, anger, low mood and mood swings, and problems with focus or motivation. She also offers help around communication problems, codependency, and reintegrating after separation or loss. People can expect a collaborative process that balances practical steps with emotional understanding.

Sally hopes to help clients build clearer goals and small, achievable changes that fit their life and values.

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Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	393308	December 2026

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Sally lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Self esteem
Addictions
LGBT
Family conflicts
Grief
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counselling
Immigration issues
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Sally names

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How Sally’s approaches translate to online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, invites people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, low mood and getting unstuck during life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how these affect trust and closeness now. This approach is useful for people who want to understand recurring problems in relationships or difficulties with intimacy.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sally will discuss different methods and try things out collaboratively to see what fits your needs and goals. She adjusts techniques so conversations and exercises feel practical and relevant to your situation.

Online formats make regular sessions easier to maintain. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins and text-based messaging works well for ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility for fitting therapy around work, caring duties or travel and let people choose how they prefer to communicate.

Frequently asked

What kinds of problems does she help with?

Sally supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues and self-esteem concerns. She also works with addictions, grief, eating and sleeping problems, and career or life-change stress.

What is her style in session?

Sessions combine listening with practical work. Sally explores past relationships and current patterns while offering skills to manage thoughts and strong emotions.

How much experience does she have?

She has seven years of professional experience working in mental health and counselling settings. That background shapes her approach to complex issues.

What credentials and location are recorded?

Sally is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and she practises from the United Kingdom.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients internationally.

Which session formats are offered?

Work can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on the client’s preference.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin therapy?

To start, choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.