Anne Ryan-Thomas, BACP

Anne Ryan-Thomas is a counsellor with 12 years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. She also supports those dealing with career pressures, addictions, ADHD and ageing or geriatric issues. People come for practical help with sleep, eating, low self-esteem and coping with major life changes.

She adapts how she works to suit each person. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual and on practical steps they can try between meetings. Anne draws on approaches such as client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques to bring clarity to difficult feelings. She also uses existential and Jungian ideas and narrative strategies to help people make sense of life events.

Before counselling, Anne worked for 20 years as a nurse in the National Health Service. That background informs her interest in health-related concerns and the link between body and mind. Her nursing experience also shaped a down-to-earth style in session and an interest in supporting carers and people with long-term health conditions.

Sessions are conversational and collaborative. Clients are invited to set goals and try manageable experiments between meetings. Anne pays attention to patterns in thinking and behaviour, and to personal stories that shape identity and choices.

She works in English and is based in the United Kingdom. Anne is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and uses that professional framework in her practice.

How Anne’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens closely, reflects what is said and helps the person find their own solutions; this can be useful for building self-esteem and working through relationship or life-change worries.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It offers practical techniques to test unhelpful thinking and try different behaviours, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Anne will discuss options and try methods that fit the person's aims and preferences. This is a collaborative process and can change over time as needs shift.

For practicalities, confirm the current session formats before booking as they are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow short check-ins around work or caregiving responsibilities. They also make it possible to continue therapy during life changes without needing to rearrange long journeys.