Sunshine Goodfellow, BACP

Sunshine Goodfellow is a BACP counsellor who supports people facing midlife change and other heavy life challenges. She offers calm, direct support to those feeling stuck by stress, relationships, grief or career shifts. Her style is warm and relational, aimed at helping people name what matters and find practical next steps.

Goodfellow uses a mix of talking therapies that focus on connection, personal meaning and everyday skills. Sessions often centre on understanding relationship patterns, tending to painful memories, and building small routines that help with sleep, mood and focus. She explains ideas simply and works at a steady pace that suits each person.

Her approach draws on attachment-informed work and client-centred principles to create a thoughtful, respectful space. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used when helpful to shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour. She also brings existential and Jungian ideas to support questions about meaning and identity during big life transitions.

Sunshine trained at Anglia Ruskin University and completed postgraduate study in Art and Play Therapy at the University of Cambridge. She notes 13 years of experience supporting a wide range of concerns, including trauma, addictions, eating difficulties, bipolar and depression.

She has worked in community roles such as school governor and youth leader, which she says shaped her understanding of family and caregiving pressures. Goodfellow practices in the United Kingdom and speaks English. To begin, clients use the site Start Therapy button and complete a short questionnaire to match and schedule sessions.

How attachment and practical therapies translate online

Attachment-informed work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It looks at how you relate to others and helps you notice and shift unhelpful habits in close relationships. Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the work, offering an accepting space where your thoughts and feelings are heard and reflected back. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) teaches straightforward skills to manage mood, sleep, anxiety and unhelpful thoughts, using exercises and small behaviour changes between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work with you to decide which combination of attachment, client-centred and CBT techniques best fits your goals and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change as your needs evolve.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier scheduling around work and family, shorter check-in options when time is tight, and the chance to keep therapy in your everyday routine. The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists aim to make online work fit with your life while using the methods described above to address relationships, mood and life transitions.