Sandra Adams

Sandra Adams is an experienced counsellor who uses a client-centred approach to support people through difficult life moments. She brings 26 years of practice in the United Kingdom and works with a wide range of concerns, including eating and food-related issues alongside anxiety, depression, relationships and addiction-related matters. Sandra holds BACP and NCPS credentials and aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity and compassion.

She combines client-centred work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to tailor sessions to each person. That means conversations concentrate on what matters most to the client, while practical steps and ways of thinking are offered when helpful. Sandra has worked with individuals and couples on trauma, domestic abuse, gambling and intimacy-related issues during her career.

Her background includes work as a Domestic Abuse, PsychoSexual and Gambling Addictions Therapist, and she has run support groups for family and friends affected by a loved one’s gambling. She also provides clinical supervision to other practitioners. These roles have informed her practical, down-to-earth style when dealing with complex, sensitive topics.

Sessions focus on building insight and everyday skills. Sandra helps people identify patterns, try small changes and measure what works. She aims for a calm, respectful space where people can talk openly and set realistic goals.

To start, she asks people to consider their priorities and what they want to change. The next steps involve a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the Start Therapy process on the site.

How Sandra’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of each session, so conversations focus on what matters most to the individual and the counsellor follows their lead. This approach suits people who need space to be heard and to explore what they want to change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical techniques to test and adjust unhelpful patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, body image and everyday stress where small changes bring measurable relief.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on goals and the next steps someone can take, rather than dwelling only on problems. It is often used to set short-term aims and build momentum through achievable actions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. The counsellor will work collaboratively to choose methods that suit the person's needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust those methods as progress is made.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as they are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel, allowing shorter check-ins between commitments or reducing the need to be on camera when that helps. Registered or accredited professionals often use these practical options to help people keep therapy consistent alongside everyday responsibilities.