Sallie Edwards

Sallie Edwards is a qualified integrative counsellor with 4 years' professional experience who works with people from many different backgrounds and life situations.

She has direct lived experience supporting her autistic daughter and understands the mental health challenges autistic girls often face, including late diagnosis, masking, school attendance issues, anxiety and friendship difficulties. Her daughter also has Tourette Syndrome and Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), giving Sallie first-hand insight into parenting a child with these conditions.

Sallie draws on person centred, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural therapy approaches, adapting these methods to meet the needs of each individual client. She places strong emphasis on the therapeutic relationship, believing that being genuinely heard, respected and not judged allows clients to explore who they are and develop clearer self-understanding.

She offers support for anxiety, panic attacks, depression, stress, grief and loss, relationship and family difficulties, parenting challenges, abuse and trauma, anger, addictions, career concerns, compassion fatigue, low self-esteem and ADHD.

When working with anxiety or panic Sallie helps clients identify triggers and develop practical strategies to calm the body and mind, with the aim of restoring confidence so they can re-engage with activities they enjoy.

Sallie is down to earth, approachable and works at each client’s pace. Counselling with her provides a space to talk through thoughts and feelings without judgement, to gently explore how past experiences may still be affecting the present, and to find ways forward.