Sally Gardner, BACP
Sally Gardner helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and Abuse
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About Sally
Sally Gardner helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She supports those facing trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, addiction and grief. Sally works with people dealing with career strain, sleep and eating problems, ADHD and coping with life changes.
Sally uses straightforward conversation to understand what matters to each person. She listens for how past experiences shape present patterns, and she helps people spot small shifts they can try.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be practical and steady rather than rushed or overly technical. Her background includes seven years working in mental health and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sally draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to shape the work.
She also uses Client-Centred and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy approaches when these suit the situation. Typical sessions involve looking at how thoughts, feelings and relationships interact. Sally helps people build skills for managing strong emotions, improving communication and making clearer choices.
She tailors the pace to each person and checks in about what is or is not helpful. Many clients come wanting relief from old patterns tied to abandonment, codependency or attachment wounds. Sally also offers help around boundaries, commitment worries and the fallout of separation and domestic violence.
She aims to make therapy a place to try things out and to learn practical ways forward. To begin, Sally asks people to say what they need and what they hope to change. From there she works with them to set realistic steps and measure small gains over time.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 393308 | December 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Sally works with
Everything Sally lists, 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
Approaches Sally lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Online support
She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach supports people who struggle with trust, abandonment wounds, codependency or connection and communication problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sally will talk with each person about goals, past attempts and what feels manageable. Together they decide which methods to try and revisit the plan as progress unfolds in a collaborative way.
Online therapy with Sally is delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer, face-to-face style sessions while phone calls suit shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow brief reflections or ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit around work, family and travel commitments.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Sally help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief and self-esteem concerns among other areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sally uses a conversational and practical style, listening to life stories and helping people try small changes that fit their everyday lives.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has seven years of professional experience working in mental health and applies that background to centre discussions on patterns and practical steps.
What credentials and location are listed for Sally?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practices from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
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