Counsellor profile
Sunshine Goodfellow, BACP
BACP counsellor - family and relationship issues
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- Attachment-based work
- Client-centred approach
- CBT techniques
About Sunshine
Sunshine Goodfellow is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with 13 years of practice. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, parenting strains, eating and addiction concerns, grief, sleep problems and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar. She also helps people with self-esteem, anger, ADHD and life changes.
She frames therapy around attachment and client-centred thinking. In sessions she listens for patterns in relationships and how early bonds affect current conflicts. She pays attention to everyday habits and reactions, and she helps people notice small shifts that change how they relate to others and to themselves.
Sunshine combines cognitive behavioural ideas with existential and Jungian perspectives. That means practical steps to manage thoughts are mixed with work on meaning, identity and deeper personal themes. She encourages simple practices clients can use between sessions to steady mood and attention.
She notes experience with adoption and foster-care concerns, blended family issues, abandonment, codependency and communication problems. She also has experience with domestic violence, divorce and caregiving stress, and with people managing body image and commitment worries.
Sunshine trained at Anglia Ruskin University and did postgraduate study in Art and Play Therapy at the University of Cambridge. She has worked in community roles such as school governor and youth leader. To begin, people use the site matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Online work through attachment and practical methods
Sunshine often draws on attachment-based and client-centred approaches in online sessions. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how past bonds shape current conflicts. Client-centred work focuses on listening and following the person's concerns so the pace and topics come from the individual.She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques for practical steps. CBT helps identify unhelpful thoughts and experiments with new behaviours to reduce anxiety, improve sleep or manage mood. These methods suit problems such as relationship conflict, stress, anxiety and parenting strain.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process means the plan can shift as needs change.
The site biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people choose online sessions for the practical benefits - fitting appointments around work or family life, making shorter check-ins possible, or avoiding travel on busy days. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt techniques for remote appointments and suggest simple between-session practices that slot into everyday routines.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family concerns does she handle?
She works with adults on family conflict, blended family worries, adoption and foster-care issues, and managing caregiving stress.
How would she approach a relationship problem?
She uses attachment-focused and client-centred methods to look at relationship patterns and communication, alongside CBT steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns including trauma, addiction, grief and mood conditions.
What professional credential does she hold in the UK?
She is registered with the BACP, which is the credential shown in her profile.
Can I have sessions in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She accepts international clients as noted in her profile.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule your first appointment.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
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