Anastasia Seale, BACP

Anastasia Seale is a counsellor who draws on attachment-based, client-centred, cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic ideas in her work. She holds BACP registration and has practised for seven years across a range of emotional and relational concerns. Anastasia speaks English and Russian and works with people in the United Kingdom.

Her approach is practical and person-focused. Sessions aim to make difficult feelings easier to understand. She helps people notice how past relationships and patterns shape present reactions. Conversations are paced to suit each person and to build trust over time.

Anastasia has experience supporting people through anxiety, depression, grief and trauma and abuse. She also helps with stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, compassion fatigue and anger. Other areas she addresses include attachment problems, body image, communication difficulties and coping with life changes.

Therapy may include looking at past experiences that affect current life, trying new ways of thinking and testing small changes between sessions. Anastasia uses straightforward questions, reflection and practical tasks so people can try things that feel manageable. Sessions are adapted to what the individual needs in the moment.

She encourages a steady, collaborative process. Choosing to start therapy is a step many find difficult and she offers calm, respectful support while people work through what's troubling them. If someone prefers to converse in Russian she can do so.

Therapeutic approaches for online counselling

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand why they react strongly in close relationships and supports building more secure ways of relating. Client-centred therapy focuses on the person's experience in the room - the counsellor listens, reflects and follows the client's pace to help them find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and tests small changes in behaviour to reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the therapeutic process. The counsellor will talk with the person about their needs, goals and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try first. This is a collaborative arrangement and plans can change as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and for working through emotions, while phone sessions can be held with lower bandwidth. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, written reflection and people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and daily life, and allow continuity when in-person meetings are difficult.