Sandra Xavier , BACP

Sandra Xavier is a UK-credentialed therapist with three years of professional experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, family conflict, grief, and concerns about self-esteem. She works from a strengths-based perspective, helping clients identify the resources they already possess and build on them to manage the issues that brought them to therapy.

Sandra believes the person in therapy is the expert in their own story and aims to create a collaborative environment where goals are defined together. Her practice includes attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, communication difficulties, separation and divorce, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, self-love, sexuality, social anxiety, women’s issues, and workplace stress.

She is credentialed with BACP, which indicates membership in a recognised British counselling association and adherence to professional practice expectations. Sandra provides services in English and Hindi and offers a range of remote session formats. At this time she is not accepting new clients, but her profile reflects the experience and approaches she brings to therapeutic work.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating an empathic, nonjudgmental space where the client’s perspective leads the work. It helps people explore feelings, build self-understanding, and strengthen self-esteem as they make changes at their own pace.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on emotions and attachment patterns in close relationships. It is used to improve communication, resolve relational conflict, and deepen connection by helping clients identify and shift unhelpful emotional responses.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Sandra works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review what is helping and adapt the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy with a licensed professional offers flexibility - sessions via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging can fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home, and integrate therapy into a busy life.