Sunshine Goodfellow, BACP

Sunshine Goodfellow offers straightforward, compassionate support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression or relationship strain. She uses clear, practical tools to help people manage daily life and recover a sense of balance. Sunshine’s approach aims to make talking about painful things a little easier and more useful.

Sunshine is a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) registered counsellor with 13 years of experience. She draws on several therapeutic approaches to match what each person needs. Sessions focus on understanding patterns, improving communication, and building small, doable steps toward change.

Her background includes study at Anglia Ruskin University and postgraduate work in art and play therapy at the University of Cambridge. Those experiences inform a flexible style that can include creative ways to make progress when words alone are not enough. She has also contributed to communities as a school governor and youth leader.

In session, Sunshine uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and client-centred methods to follow each person’s pace. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used when people want practical ways to shift thoughts and routines. She also draws on existential and Jungian perspectives when exploring meaning and personal story.

People come to Sunshine for a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, eating and body image difficulties, parenting and blended family stress, anger and intimacy issues. She also supports those coping with life changes, career pressure, bipolar and ADHD related challenges. Her style is steady and respectful, aiming to help people find clearer choices and more manageable days.

How different approaches work online

Attachment-based work focuses on how past relationship patterns affect current connections. Online sessions can help people notice repeating patterns and try new ways of relating in everyday life. Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions and follows each person’s pace; this approach helps when someone needs a steady, accepting space to talk things through. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers practical tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems, and it translates well to short exercises between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the journey. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That might mean combining approaches, trying practical CBT exercises one week and a relationship-focused conversation the next.

Online therapy using video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls are close to an in-person conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth, chat can be good for brief check-ins and text lets people reflect in their own time. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep progress moving between sessions.