Counsellor profile
Ann Foster, NCPS
Psychotherapeutic counsellor – relationships and family concerns
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- Client‑centred methods
- Narrative techniques
- Trauma‑informed work
About Ann
Ann Foster is a psychotherapeutic counsellor (NCPS) based in the United Kingdom with nine years of professional experience. She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and intimate issues. Sessions are led by the person attending, with their goals kept central throughout the work.
Her principal clinical style in practice is relational and client‑centred, shaping conversations around what matters most to the individual. She also draws on narrative ideas to help people make sense of their stories and on trauma‑focused ways of working when past harm affects daily life. In practice Ann helps people name patterns, try new responses and practise different ways of relating at home.
Ann has supported people through grief, parenting stress, long‑term health challenges and strained relationships. She pays attention to attachment and to issues such as abandonment and communication problems that often sit beneath recurring conflict. Practical steps and small experiments between sessions are commonly used alongside talking work.
Her experience also covers a broad range of other concerns such as body image and eating issues, caregiver strain, career worries, bipolar mood concerns, and coping with life changes. Ann aims to keep the work focused and clear so people can see what they are trying and test what changes help.
Sessions are client led and goals are reviewed as work progresses. People who want to explore relationship patterns, parental strain or the effects of past trauma will find a straightforward, relational approach and narrative tools to help them reframe and move forward.
How sessions work
How her approaches guide online work
Ann uses client‑centred therapy to focus sessions on what the person wants to address. This approach involves open listening and reflecting back what is important so goals stay central. It is often used for stress, anxiety, self‑esteem and parenting strain.She also uses Narrative Therapy to help people tell and reframe their stories. Narrative work helps separate problems from the person and can make it easier to try different responses in day‑to‑day life. Trauma‑Focused Therapy is drawn on where past harm affects current relationships and coping; this aims to reduce the power of traumatic memories and improve daily functioning.
Choosing an approach is part of the work and she treats it as a collaboration. She will discuss options, check what feels most helpful and adjust the approach as the client’s needs and goals evolve.
The practical aim of online sessions is to fit therapy into everyday life. Confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to have shorter check‑ins, avoid travel time and fit sessions around work or caring responsibilities. Registered or accredited professionals often use these practical benefits to sustain ongoing work without promising a particular format.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family and parenting issues does she help with?
She works with parenting stress, blended family issues, communication problems and caregiver strain. The focus is on the individual’s experience of these situations.
How would she approach relationship difficulties?
She uses relational and Imago‑influenced ideas alongside client‑centred conversation to identify patterns. The work looks at communication and repeated responses that keep conflict going.
What experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience in the United Kingdom working with a wide range of mental health and relationship concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.