About Sandra
Sandra Barrett works from a client-centred stance that places the person at the heart of therapy. She uses gentle, practical conversation to help people make sense of stress, anxiety and low mood. Sandra is approachable and calm, and she explains options so people can choose what feels right for them.
Sandra has five years of experience supporting people through relationship problems, grief, addiction and questions around identity. She helps clients build motivation and self-esteem while also addressing issues such as intimacy, eating concerns and anger.
How Sandra works
Her work also includes support for people facing life changes, chronic illness, caregiver strain and compassion fatigue. Her practice draws on attachment-based and psychodynamic thinking to look at how early patterns affect current relationships. She also uses solution-focused methods to set clear, manageable goals.
Motivational Interviewing is used when clients want to strengthen their own resolve and move towards change. Sandra adapts sessions to each person's needs. Conversations are straightforward and collaborative, with practical steps to try between meetings.
She treats LGBT concerns and adoption or foster care issues with sensitivity and without judgement. Sessions are available in English and can be arranged with international clients. Sandra is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, which is recorded as her credential.
She aims to create a steady, supportive space where people can work through difficult moments and find clearer direction.
Sandra lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Sandra works with
The areas below are the ones Sandra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- 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 attachment and client-centred work translate online
Sandra commonly draws on attachment-based ideas and a client-centred approach to shape online sessions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns influence current bonds and helps people identify and change those patterns. It can be useful for worries about closeness, abandonment, communication and trust.Client-centred therapy focuses on the person's own experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects what they hear and helps the person decide what matters most. This approach suits people who want a respectful, non-directive space to talk things through and make their own choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and Sandra treats it as a shared task. She will discuss the different methods, try things out and adjust based on what helps the individual reach their goals. That collaborative process ensures therapy fits the person's needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering practical flexibility. Video gives visual cues for conversations, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for quick check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, care duties and other commitments while keeping the focus on progress.
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