Shirley-Anne Bingham, BACP

Shirley-Anne Bingham brings seven years of full-time therapeutic work in both NHS and charity settings. She is a BACP counsellor who focuses on practical, person-centred support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief and low self-esteem. Shirley-Anne aims to create a calm space where clients can talk about what matters to them and take steps forward.

Her background includes extensive work with trauma and chronic illness, including cancer-related distress. She has supported people through relationship breakdowns, bereavement and major life changes. Shirley-Anne also has knowledge of neurodiversity, menopause, domestic abuse and workplace difficulties.

Sessions emphasise collaboration. The counsellor and client set goals together and check in regularly to see what is helping. If a direction does not feel useful, they refocus and try a different way of working.

Shirley-Anne pays attention to attachment and experiences of abandonment and loneliness when these come up. She also offers practical support for caregiver stress, chronic pain and issues around sexuality and self-love. Her approach aims to balance understanding feelings with taking simple, doable steps.

People who want a supportive, down-to-earth therapist may find her style helpful. She works via a mix of online formats so people can choose sessions that fit their life. The emphasis is on steady progress and on finding what suits each person.

Practical therapeutic approaches for online care

Shirley-Anne uses person-centred ways of working that put the client's priorities first. This approach focuses on listening, understanding each person's experience and helping them decide the next steps. It is useful for people dealing with stress, grief, life changes and low self-esteem.

She also works in a trauma-informed way, which means paying attention to past hurts and how they affect daily life. That style helps when anxiety, attachment wounds or difficult memories make it hard to move on. The two approaches are combined to offer steady support and clear, manageable goals.

Finding the right approach happens together. Shirley-Anne will talk with clients about their needs, goals and preferences and suggest options that fit. The plan can change as understanding grows and different strategies are tried collaboratively.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging to give flexibility. Video lets people use eye contact and expressions, phone calls need less bandwidth, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and health demands while keeping the focus on steady progress.