Anne-Marie Bates

Anne-Marie Bates is a counsellor who focuses on supporting women dealing with stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. She works with people facing relationship and family concerns as well as depression. Her style is warm and non-judgemental and she aims to help clients feel heard and understood.

With 12 years of experience, Anne-Marie uses a mix of client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural ideas and solution-focused steps. She adapts conversations and strategies to fit each person. Sessions aim to help clients spot unhelpful patterns, try small changes and build clearer ways of coping.

She has worked in higher education with students and staff and in private practice with people from different backgrounds and genders. That variety informs how she matches methods to someone’s situation rather than using the same plan for everyone.

Anne-Marie is a BACP member, which reflects her professional standing in the United Kingdom. She treats topics such as body image, guilt and shame, loneliness, midlife questions and issues around sexuality in a sensitive way.

Her approach is collaborative. She supports people to set manageable goals, practice new skills between sessions and notice progress. If you are thinking about change, she offers a calm, practical space to begin those steps.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to you. The counsellor creates space to talk things through and follows your pace to help you feel understood. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours connect and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small steps and clear goals, helping you build on what already works in your life.

Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Anne-Marie will talk with you about your goals, preferences and practical needs and suggest which methods to draw on. Together you can try approaches and change direction if something is not fitting well.

The original profile does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins around work breaks. It can also allow a consistent meeting time when schedules are otherwise difficult to arrange. Registered or accredited professionals can use these methods effectively by focusing on clear goals, homework tasks and regular review to measure progress.