About Sandra
Sandra Adams is a counsellor with BACP and NCPS who brings 26 years of clinical experience to sessions. She focuses on helping people facing anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, and a wide range of life changes. Sandra also supports people navigating LGBT concerns and those coping with grief, trauma and addiction-related problems.
Her practice emphasises a respectful, empathetic approach that adapts to each person's needs. Sandra draws on client-centred principles to make space for the person's own goals and strengths.
Background and approach
She combines this with practical tools from cognitive behavioural work and solution-focused strategies to tackle immediate problems and build coping skills. Sandra has worked with individuals and couples across many areas, including domestic abuse, psycho-sexual issues and gambling addiction.
She created a Family and Friends group for people affected by a loved one’s gambling, reflecting her interest in supporting wider networks around difficulty. Sessions aim to help people understand patterns, manage strong emotions such as anger or shame, and clarify next steps when life feels stuck.
Sandra pays attention to issues such as attachment, abandonment, body image, codependency and financial stress as they appear in everyday life. Her experience also includes clinical supervision work, and she frames therapy as a collaborative process. To start, people are encouraged to complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions that fit with the counsellor's schedule.
What Sandra works with
Everything Sandra lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Sandra is listed here; the rest shows what else Sandra works with.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Workplace issues
Approaches Sandra lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Sandra’s approaches work in online therapy
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening with respect and helping the person lead the work. It helps when someone needs understanding, a non-judgemental ear and time to identify personal goals and values.Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, anger and managing stress by teaching clear skills to try between sessions.
Solution-focused therapy concentrates on what people want to achieve and on small, achievable steps toward that outcome. It often suits people who want relatively short-term work to move past a current problem or decision.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The counsellor will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit best with a person’s goals, preferences and what feels most helpful in early sessions.
Session arrangements are not detailed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow regular check-ins from different locations. It can also allow shorter sessions or meetings that match a work break or other commitments.
Questions people ask about Sandra
What kinds of problems can Sandra help with?
The practice covers many concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy problems, trauma and addiction-related issues. Additional topics include grief, family problems, parenting strain, money worries and body image.
What therapeutic style does she use?
Her work blends client-centred counselling with cognitive behavioural techniques and solution-focused methods. That means sessions create space to be heard while also using practical steps to address difficulties.
How long has she been practising?
She has 26 years of experience working as a counsellor with individuals and couples across a wide range of concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted and sessions can be arranged to accommodate people outside the United Kingdom.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm the current format options before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Sandra?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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