Anna Geraghty

Anna Geraghty, NCPS, has worked as a counsellor for three years in the United Kingdom. She began her career wanting to help people when life feels overwhelming. She welcomes conversations about grief, stress and relationship strain and helps people take practical steps forward.

Her day-to-day work covers a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, self-esteem and coping with life changes such as redundancy or retirement. She also supports people with anger, career worries, bipolar and ADHD-related challenges. Additional areas of focus include autism and Asperger syndrome, hospice and end-of-life counselling, and intellectual disability.

Anna uses a straightforward style in sessions. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space and listens for what matters most to each person. Sessions are shaped around the individual, aiming to help people notice patterns and try small, doable changes.

Her approach draws on client-centred conversation, practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy, and short-term solution-focused work. She aims to balance understanding with actions people can use between appointments. Clients can expect collaborative planning and gentle guidance rather than directive advice.

If someone is unsure how to begin, Anna encourages a first step of a brief matching questionnaire and then arranging a session to talk about goals. She frames the process as a partnership that helps people move from feeling stuck toward clearer choices and calmer everyday life.

How Anna’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The counsellor reflects what she hears and helps people clarify what matters most to them, which can ease grief or relationship strain.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) offers clear, practical strategies to challenge unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours. This approach can help with anxiety, low mood and anger by breaking problems into small steps to practise between sessions.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on goals and what is already working. Sessions often identify small changes that lead to noticeable differences, which suits people wanting quicker, action-orientated work.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The counsellor will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s needs, goals and preferences, and can adjust the plan as progress is reviewed.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also make it straightforward to follow up on practical tasks agreed in sessions and to continue regular contact when life gets busy.