Sally Gardner, BACP

Sally Gardner is a counsellor registered with the BACP and has seven years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people who are dealing with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related problems, low self-esteem and anger. Sessions are aimed at helping clients understand patterns that affect daily life and relationships.

Sally combines practical talking therapies with structured techniques to help people notice how past experiences shape present behaviour. She often looks at earlier attachments and childhood wounds to make sense of current reactions. That can be useful for people who find resentment or frustration building up over time.

Her approach blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with attachment-based ideas and cognitive-behavioural tools. She also uses elements from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and client-centred practice to support emotional regulation and clearer communication. The style is direct and conversational, with exercises you can try between sessions.

Sally has worked with a wide range of concerns beyond relationships and trauma, including anxiety, addiction, grief, sleep and career-related stress. She helps people spot unhelpful patterns and test out different ways of responding to triggering situations. Work can include exploring boundaries, building distress-tolerance skills and improving conversation around difficult topics.

Sally accepts international clients and works in English. To begin she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

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