Sally Gardner, BACP

Sally Gardner is a UK-licensed therapist with seven years of professional experience who combines clinical training and hands-on care to support people facing relationship, trauma, and mental health challenges. She also practices as a registered mental health nurse, bringing a background in healthcare alongside her counselling work. Sally holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which indicates membership of the UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists.

Sally works with a wide range of adults, including couples seeking support with communication and connection. She offers practical courses on finding and maintaining healthy relationships and integrates those insights into one-to-one work when appropriate. Many of the people she sees have concerns about low self-worth that trace back to childhood experiences; Sally often explores past relationships and early events to help clarify why certain patterns of feeling or behaviour persist.

Her primary focus areas include relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues, though she addresses a broad spectrum of concerns from anxiety and depression to addiction and family dynamics. Sally approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and she tailors conversations and treatment plans to reflect individual needs. She recognises that beginning therapy can require courage and welcomes the opportunity to support people through that first step.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Work

Sally Gardner uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and build practical skills for living with difficult thoughts and feelings, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns formed in early relationships to understand current connection and trust issues, making it helpful for relationship difficulties, intimacy concerns, and the effects of childhood trauma.

Sally treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will work with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust the plan as therapy progresses so the approach remains practical and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible and accessible. These options allow people to engage from different locations, manage appointments around work or family commitments, and choose the format that feels most comfortable while working with a registered professional such as Sally.