Anne Craven, NCPS

Anne Craven works from an integrative, person-centred approach that puts the client at the centre of therapy. She combines client-centred ways of working with solution-focused ideas and trauma-informed methods. Anne is registered with NCPS and has built twelve years of practice experience in the United Kingdom.

She helps people who are coping with anxiety, depression and stress. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, addiction, grief and relationship or intimacy difficulties. Practical problems such as sleeping, eating, career strain and parenting concerns are also part of her caseload.

Anne uses attachment-based thinking to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She draws on Jungian ideas to explore meaning, symbols and inner life when that helps a person make sense of their experience. Solution-focused techniques are used to set clear, achievable goals and find everyday steps forward.

Her trauma-focused work includes attention to childhood and adult trauma, dissociation and PTSD symptoms. She has experience of working with personality and mood difficulties, including bipolar presentation and a range of personality styles mentioned in her background.

Sessions are offered in English and are provided online by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Anne describes her role as practical and collaborative - she works alongside each person to identify what matters most and to try small changes that add up over time.

Attachment and trauma-informed approaches for online therapy

Anne draws on attachment-based therapy to explore how early relationships influence current feelings and patterns, which can help with intimacy, abandonment and attachment issues. Attachment work looks at repeating relationship patterns and practical ways to try new responses.

She also uses trauma-focused methods to address the effects of childhood and adult trauma, dissociation and PTSD symptoms, offering structured ways to work through distressing memories and to build coping skills. Solution-focused ideas are woven in to set clear, short-term goals and to identify everyday steps forward.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Anne will discuss what feels most relevant and adapt methods to the person’s needs, goals and preferences. This is collaborative work where techniques are tried, reviewed and changed if they are not helping.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone can be useful when lower bandwidth or no camera is needed, and messaging suits short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and daily life.