Anna Graham, BACP

Anna Graham is a counsellor with six years’ clinical experience and a background in mental health and social care. She offers direct, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self‑esteem and depression. Anna also works with issues such as relationship difficulties, intimacy concerns and LGBT matters, and she helps people handle life changes and parenting strains.

She takes a client‑centred approach, meeting each person where they are and shaping sessions around individual needs. Anna aims to give a calm, non‑judgemental space for people to talk things through and decide on next steps. For some this means simply being heard and understood; for others it means learning practical strategies to manage symptoms.

Trauma work is an important part of her practice and she uses trauma‑focused methods alongside eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing and mindfulness techniques where appropriate. These approaches are selected with care to match the person’s situation and goals.

Anna also supports people dealing with body image, eating and sleeping difficulties, chronic illness and pain, and the fallout from separation, infidelity or domestic violence. She helps clients work through feelings of shame, guilt, abandonment and isolation, and offers tools for anger and impulse management.

If someone is unsure what they need, Anna works collaboratively to set a simple plan. The focus is on small, achievable steps that fit into day‑to‑day life and help people build resilience and clearer coping strategies.

How Anna’s approaches translate to online work

Anna uses client‑centred therapy to create a supportive space where people lead the conversation and choices. This approach focuses on understanding each person’s experience and building a plan together to meet their goals.

She also practises eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR, which is a trauma‑focused technique that helps reduce distress tied to specific memories. EMDR can be used when someone wants a structured way to process past events. Mindfulness therapy is another core element and involves learning simple attention and breathing practices to manage anxiety, stress and mood swings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and decide together which methods suit the individual’s needs and preferences. This collaborative process may combine talking, practical exercises and paced trauma work when appropriate.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time or allowing shorter check‑in meetings during a lunch break. They can also allow people to use quieter surroundings at home or choose audio only if that better fits their energy on a given day.