Sally Willsher

Sally Willsher is a BACP counsellor with 16 years of experience. She aims to help people who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and major life changes. She also offers support around divorce and separation and practical challenges that follow big transitions.

Sally draws on several approaches to meet each person's needs. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape present patterns. She applies cognitive behavioural techniques to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Solution-focused work helps set clear, manageable goals for the short term.

Much of Sally's past work has involved unpaid carers, so she is familiar with the exhaustion, guilt and frustration that can come from caring roles. She has also held roles managing counselling services and student placements, and she offers supervision in addition to direct counselling.

In sessions Sally works to build an open, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through. She encourages practical steps alongside emotional reflection so people can see gradual change.

To begin she asks clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability. Sally notes that taking the first step can be hard and she recognises the courage it takes to start therapy.

How Sally uses therapeutic approaches in online work

Attachment-based work focuses on the patterns people form in relationships. It looks at how past connections shape current worries, and it can help when relationship fears or abandonment concerns affect daily life. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and coping after separation.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Sally will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then try methods that fit the person's needs. The plan can change as progress is made, with practical tools chosen alongside reflective conversation.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten travel time and allow check-ins from different locations. It also makes accessing someone with experience of carer stress and divorce-related issues simpler for people who cannot attend in person.