Sally Masson, BACP

Sally Masson is a counsellor who helps people work through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, depression and life changes. She also supports those facing grief, addiction, intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, sleeping problems, anger issues and self-esteem struggles. Sally brings ten years of experience to her work and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

People come to Sally when strong feelings feel overwhelming or when patterns from the past keep repeating. She listens without judgment and works alongside clients to make sense of difficult emotions. Conversations are practical and grounded, aimed at helping someone feel more agency in their day-to-day life.

Sally often uses ideas from attachment-focused work to look at how early relationships shape current bonds. She also draws on emotion-focused methods to help people name and navigate intense feelings. Other approaches she uses include dialectical behaviour ideas, existential thinking and Jungian and narrative perspectives when these suit the client’s aims.

Sessions are collaborative and adapt as the work develops. Sally encourages creative ways of seeing problems and tries different angles when one route feels stuck. The emphasis is on exploring the client’s inner life in a steady, companionable way rather than on quick fixes.

For many clients the act of being heard by a non-judgemental other becomes a turning point. Sally aims to offer that companionship while helping people build practical skills and clearer choices for their relationships and daily life.

How her approaches translate to online work

Sally uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current reactions. This helps when people struggle with trust, abandonment fears or repeating patterns in relationships. She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help clients identify, name and work through strong feelings so they become easier to manage. Dialectical behaviour ideas are woven in when people need practical tools for emotional regulation and distress tolerance.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Sally will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That decision is made together and can shift as the work develops, with the therapist checking in about what helps most.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel time or allowing a shorter check-in during a lunch break. It can also suit quieter conversations when less visual focus is needed. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt attachment, emotion-focused and DBT-informed techniques to remote sessions, helping clients build skills and reflect on relationship patterns even when not in the same room.