Annabel Minors

Annabel Minors is a counsellor with 12 years' experience supporting people through worry, low mood and difficult decisions. She listens in a gentle, accepting way and aims to help people feel less alone with their concerns. Her work often starts with understanding what is getting in the way of change and what small steps might help life feel more manageable.

Annabel uses an intuitive, down-to-earth style that focuses on the person in front of her. Sessions are conversational and paced to suit each person. She helps people talk through anxiety, stress, relationship strain and changes at work or at home.

Her background includes time living in France, so she understands the strain of adapting to a new culture and language. That experience informs her approach to multicultural concerns and feelings of not belonging.

Over the past 12 years she has worked with people facing low self-esteem, depression, attachment issues and the aftermath of infidelity or separation. She also supports those coping with guilt, shame, isolation and the effects of narcissistic or emotional abuse.

Annabel draws on client-centred and psychodynamic ways of working. She aims to create a space where people can reflect on patterns, understand how past experiences influence the present, and find more effective ways of relating to themselves and others.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Annabel works with two complementary approaches: client-centred therapy and psychodynamic therapy. Client-centred therapy emphasises being heard and accepted, with the counsellor following the person's lead and helping them find their own solutions. This approach is useful for building self-worth, reducing anxiety and working on relationship concerns.

Psychodynamic therapy looks at patterns that may come from earlier experiences and how they appear in current life. It helps people spot recurrent relationship dynamics, feelings of emptiness or issues around attachment so they can try different ways of relating to themselves and others.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Annabel will discuss goals, preferences and how you respond to different ways of working, and then adapt the sessions to suit your needs in a collaborative way.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow gentler check-ins when concentration or energy is low. It can also let people access someone with multicultural experience who speaks English or French without needing to travel.