About Annie
Annie Ryan offers a calm, practical approach to therapy. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression and other life challenges. Annie works with clients who are dealing with relationship strain, grief, trauma and issues around self-esteem and identity.
She is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English. In session she focuses on clear, achievable steps rather than abstract theory.
How Annie works
Conversations are straightforward and paced to suit each person. Together they identify priorities, try small changes, and review progress regularly to see what helps. Annie has five years of experience in independent practice.
During that time she has supported people with addictions, bipolar and ADHD concerns, and those facing major life changes. She also works with parenting stress, career uncertainty, compassion fatigue and difficulties with intimacy. She pays attention to the wider background people bring, including attachment history, adoption or foster care experiences, and issues around abandonment or blended families.
Practical problems such as communication difficulties, control struggles and codependency are also addressed in sessions. Annie aims to make therapy useful and do-able. Sessions may include talking through feelings, trying new ways to respond to stress, and planning steps for recovery or change.
She invites clients to set the pace and to review goals as therapy progresses.
What Annie works with
The areas below are the ones Annie selected when setting up a profile. The first one is listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace 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 evidence-based techniques work online
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques mean using methods that focus on clear aims and measurable steps. For example, cognitive approaches help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try different responses to reduce anxiety or low mood. Behavioural techniques focus on small practical changes such as activity scheduling or exposure tasks that can ease avoidance and build confidence.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss a client's needs, goals and preferences and suggest options. Together they will try methods, review progress, and adapt the plan so it fits the person's life and priorities.
Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can help people keep in touch between sessions or reflect in writing. These formats make therapy easier to fit around work, family and travel commitments, and allow continuity when in-person visits are difficult.
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