About Anna
Anna Clifton helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck or uncertain about their next steps. She offers calm, direct support for stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship difficulties. Her approach is practical and tailored to each person’s situation.
She has five years of experience working with issues such as trauma and bereavement, addictions, parenting strains and career concerns. Anna is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, which is noted on her profile as a professional credential.
How Anna works
In sessions she listens closely and adapts conversations to what matters most to the client. Discussions are straightforward and aimed at clearer thinking and better day-to-day coping. She helps people identify patterns that cause pain and tries out manageable changes together.
Anna also supports people facing intimacy challenges, feelings of abandonment, midlife transitions and isolation or loneliness. She addresses practical problems like communication breakdowns, codependency and difficulties around separation or divorce. Her work includes attention to longer-term issues such as attachment concerns, avoidant personality traits and the stresses of caregiving.
Sessions may include looking at life purpose, coping with ageing or serious illness, and rebuilding after loss. People can work with Anna in English through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging. She accepts international clients and structures work to match each person’s goals and everyday realities.
What Anna works with
The areas below are the ones Anna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Anna adapts therapeutic approaches for online work
Anna draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building coping skills. One common approach helps people spot and change thoughts and behaviours that keep anxiety or low mood going; it uses practical exercises and small behavioural steps to reduce distress. Another approach concentrates on processing loss, trauma or difficult emotional memories through careful, paced conversations that help people make sense of what happened and start to move forward.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about goals, day-to-day challenges and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the person's needs and preferences, reviewing progress and adjusting the plan as needed.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and non-verbal cues, phone sessions are an option when less bandwidth is available, and messaging or live chat can suit short check-ins or those who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare or travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
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