Rebecca Sanderson, NCPS

Rebecca Sanderson uses a client-centred approach to create a calm and respectful space for people to talk about what feels hard. She is a counsellor with NCPS and ten years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. Her manner is straightforward and warm, aimed at helping people feel heard and understood from the very first session.

She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low mood and issues with self-esteem. Rebecca also supports those coping with trauma, abuse, anger and addictions. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on practical steps that might make daily life easier.

Rebecca draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and to try small changes that can reduce worry and improve sleep. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at past experiences that may be shaping current feelings. When the situation calls for it she offers trauma-focused work and brief solution-focused steps to manage immediate problems.

Sessions are conversational and paced to suit the person in front of her. People can expect to talk about specific worries, try out new ways of responding, and reflect on what helps between meetings. Rebecca explains things plainly and keeps goals simple.

She works with additional concerns such as body image, parenting stress, adoption and foster care matters, grief and disordered eating. If someone wants to explore their life purpose or make sense of guilt and shame, she offers a steady and patient way to do that.

How Rebecca's approaches work online

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience without judgement. Online sessions let the therapist follow the person's lead, reflect their concerns and help them name what matters most. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and actions and looks for small experiments to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, panic, sleep problems and low mood. Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on safe, steady ways to face trauma memories and reduce their impact, using steps that aim to make daily life easier rather than relive the past.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rebecca will talk with each person about their situation, goals and preferences and then agree a plan together. That plan can change over time if different methods feel more helpful, so the process stays collaborative and practical.

Online therapy offers flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a short break or need less bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can be used for brief check-ins or when writing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to book sessions around work, caregiving or travel and to keep progress consistent.