Sherrine Barrowes , BACP

Sherrine Barrowes is a counsellor with ten years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She uses a blend of practical talking therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. She approaches each person with respect and a belief that they know their life best. Taking a first step can feel hard, and she offers steady support as people start to make changes.

Her work often focuses on how past relationships shape current connections, so attachment patterns and issues around abandonment are explored. She also helps people facing family problems, separation and blended family challenges. Intimacy-related issues, affairs and the guilt and shame that follow difficult events are part of her day-to-day practice.

She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to build practical skills. That can mean noticing unhelpful thoughts, trying small behaviour changes, or learning ways to stay present when emotions are intense. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and client-centred methods inform her calm, focused sessions.

Sessions are offered in English and she works with international clients. Sherrine holds BACP registration, which is displayed as BACP in her credentials. Her approach is collaborative and straightforward, aimed at helping people find clearer ways to cope and move forward.

People can expect respectful listening, direct tools for managing anxiety and everyday guidance on relationship and family issues. The work combines short-term strategies with attention to longer patterns that affect mood and connections.

Approaches that shape online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses, which can be useful for intimacy problems, abandonment fears and family conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, experiences and preferences, and together they will try methods that suit those needs. Sessions may mix techniques from ACT, CBT and attachment work so the plan fits the client rather than the other way round.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation when bandwidth allows, phone calls can be simpler when a quieter space is easier to find, and messaging or live chat can work for short check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to keep therapy happening around work, family or travel commitments, and to use tools from sessions in day-to-day life.