Annie Haggarty, BACP

Annie Haggarty is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) who brings three years of professional experience to her practice. She focuses on everyday struggles such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, addiction-related concerns, and life transitions. Annie believes people know their own story best and uses that perspective to guide conversations. Her sessions are built around listening and practical support. She helps people identify strengths, set small goals, and try changes that fit their life. Conversations are straightforward and paced to suit each person's needs. Annie draws on Client-Centred Therapy to create a respectful space where the client leads the topics. She also uses elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and test new ways of coping. These approaches are used together to address issues such as grief, career stress, chronic illness concerns, and caregiver strain. She has worked with people facing trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties around abandonment and commitment, and behavioural challenges linked to personality and mood disorders. Annie also supports people concerned about body image, cancer-related stress, chronic pain or disability, and the practical challenges of aging and geriatric issues. Annie works in English and accepts clients from the United Kingdom and internationally. She aims to empower clients to make steady progress and to build skills they can use after sessions end.

How Annie works online with client-centred and CBT techniques

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. The counsellor creates space for the client to speak about what matters most, and helps them reflect on their own choices and strengths. This approach is useful for building trust and exploring life changes, grief and caregiving stress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together. It uses practical exercises and simple experiments to test unhelpful thinking and try new coping strategies, which can help with anxiety, low mood, stress and addictions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adapt the plan as progress is made. This is a collaborative process where the client and counsellor agree what to try.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking, as options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find online sessions helpful for maintaining continuity of care and for trying tools between meetings.