About Sally
Sally Gardner is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She has seven years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, and she previously worked as a mental health nurse. Sally commonly helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related concerns.
Sally often notices low self-worth underlies many problems. She talks with clients about past experiences and early relationships to understand current feelings and behaviour. This can help people see patterns and choose different ways of coping.
Background and approach
Her practical approach draws on several well-known methods including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, client-centred conversation, cognitive behavioural techniques, and skills from dialectical behaviour work. Sessions focus on what matters to the person and on everyday steps that can make life easier.
Sally also supports people with issues such as addictions, grief, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, career changes, ADHD and compassion fatigue. She works with clients who identify as LGBT and with those navigating blended-family or separation challenges. She aims to offer respect, sensitivity and compassion in sessions.
Sally tailors conversations and plans to each person’s situation. To begin, people are invited to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
What Sally works with
Everything Sally lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Sally is listed here; the rest shows what else Sally works with.
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online counselling
Sally uses methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy that adapt well to online conversation. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small committed steps towards them while learning to live with difficult thoughts or feelings; it can help with anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from early relationships and how they affect trust and closeness now, which can be useful for relationship and intimacy concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sally will discuss goals and preferences and together you will try ways of working that suit your needs. That collaborative process helps decide which techniques to prioritise and how to shape sessions so they feel useful.
The biography does not state specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Others appreciate being able to join conversations from different locations or to use a session without being on camera. Registered and accredited professionals, including therapists with clinical nursing experience, often adapt tools and exercises for remote sessions to help clients practise skills between meetings.
Questions people ask about Sally
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Sally works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, low self-esteem and many related concerns listed in her profile.
How would she work with me in sessions?
The style is conversational and practical. She draws on approaches like cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-based discussion to help people understand patterns and try different coping steps.
What is her professional background?
She has seven years of professional experience and previously worked as a mental health nurse, bringing clinical experience into her counselling work.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
She accepts international clients and conducts sessions with English-speaking clients.
Which session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
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