Anna Channon, BACP

Anna Channon is a counsellor with a degree in Psychotherapeutic Counselling and four years of client work. She describes herself as integrative and relational, and she often supports people who feel disconnected from themselves and their bodies. She uses creative and body-based ideas alongside talking therapy to help clients notice what they need and make changes.

Her sessions commonly address bereavement, loss, anxiety and depression. She also works with trauma and sexual abuse, stress, life changes, and issues around eating, sleep and self-esteem. Anna mentions an interest in fertility, cancer, chronic illness and caregiving stress as areas she has worked with.

Anna tends to bring breath work, movement, nature and creative tasks into sessions when they feel useful. No artistic skill is required; these activities are used as tools to access feelings and body sensations that words alone may not reach. She believes mind and body are closely linked and looks for practical ways to involve both in the work.

Sessions are described as collaborative and focused on building a stronger sense of self. She encourages exploration of attachment and relationship patterns and supports people who want clearer boundaries and healthier communication. The tone is calm and relational rather than directive.

Anna will be going on maternity leave at the start of February 2025 and notes she can only take people wanting short or medium term work because of this. For initial steps she invites questions so prospective clients can discuss whether her way of working might fit their needs.

How Anna's approaches translate to online therapy

Anna draws on attachment-focused and client-centred ways of working. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice and change repeated ways of relating. Client-centred work puts the person's experience at the centre, offering empathy and acceptance so they can explore what matters to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Anna plans therapy collaboratively, checking in about goals and preferences and adapting methods if something isn’t helping. She will discuss whether breath work, movement or creative exercises might suit the client and how to include them online.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy life and reducing travel time. Online sessions can be easier to schedule around work or caregiving, and they make it simpler to attend when living further away. The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking to know how breath work or movement practices will be managed in remote sessions.