Anneke Beresford, BACP

Anneke Beresford is a counsellor who uses a person-centred way of working to support people through difficult life moments. She brings 13 years of experience helping with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, addiction and trauma. Sessions aim to be respectful and kind, with the person’s needs at the centre of the conversation.

Her background includes work with eating difficulties, grief, sleep problems and parenting stress. She also supports people facing long-term health concerns such as chronic pain, cancer or disability, and those coping with major life changes. Anneke lists work with ADHD, bipolar and depression among her focus areas as well.

In practice she adapts her approach to each person. That can mean listening and reflecting closely, using structured thinking tools from cognitive behavioural approaches, or drawing on mindfulness exercises to manage distress. She describes her style as collaborative and practical, shaping the conversation around what helps an individual feel steadier day to day.

Anneke holds BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy registration shown in her bio. She works from the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English, including with international clients. Her aim is to support people to find clearer thinking, better coping skills and more self-compassion.

To begin she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a session. Anneke explains that plans are tailored to the person and adjusted as needs change over time.

Therapy approaches and doing therapy online

Anneke uses a person-centred approach that places the person’s own goals and experience at the heart of each session. That means the counsellor listens closely, reflects what she hears and helps people shape their own next steps. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, appears alongside this as a practical way to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavioural experiments to test different ways of coping. Mindfulness therapy is used to build simple practices for managing strong emotions and staying calmer in the moment.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Anneke will talk with people about their needs and preferences and agree together which methods to try. The process is collaborative, with plans adjusted as progress and priorities change.

The original biography does not specify which remote session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that is helpful. It can also make some practical exercises and mindfulness practices easier to carry over into daily life.