Anne Craven , NCPS

Anne Craven is a UK-based therapist with 12 years of clinical experience who takes an integrative approach to supporting people through complex life challenges. She blends client-centered and humanistic principles with solution-focused and trauma-focused methods, including inner child work, to tailor care to each person’s needs and stage of healing. Anne prioritizes a collaborative relationship that helps clients explore patterns, process painful memories, and develop practical coping strategies for day-to-day life.

Her clinical experience includes working with adults who have experienced childhood and adult trauma, post-traumatic stress, personality and mood disorders, low self-esteem, and addictions. She brings particular interest and skill to relationship and family concerns, grief and loss, and struggles around self-worth and recovery from addictive behaviors. Anne speaks English and works from a perspective that values empathy, curiosity, and gradual, sustainable change.

Anne holds the NCPS credential, which indicates professional training and standing in counselling and psychotherapy. Her practice emphasizes respectful, evidence-informed techniques drawn from multiple approaches so that care can be shaped to match each client’s goals and preferences.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Anne integrates client-centered therapy, solution-focused therapy, and trauma-focused work into her online practice. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy and respect, helping people feel heard while they explore their values and goals; it is useful for low self-esteem, relationship concerns, and navigating life transitions. Solution-focused therapy concentrates on practical steps and short-term goals - it helps when someone wants to build coping skills and make focused changes without getting stuck on past problems. Trauma-focused therapy addresses the impact of traumatic experiences through approaches that help process painful memories and reduce their influence on daily functioning, and Anne includes inner child work as part of this process.

Finding the right approach is collaborative - Anne works with each person to identify which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as therapy progresses. This collaborative stance helps clients feel engaged and empowered in their own care.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to access licensed professionals from different locations. These options support continuity of care and allow clients to choose the format that feels most comfortable for their circumstances.