Shanni Hurton, NCPS

Shanni Hurton is a counsellor who blends practical therapies to help people facing difficult life periods. She holds NCPS accreditation, and brings 16 years of direct experience to sessions. Shanni aims to create a calm, respectful space for people to talk about what is troubling them.

Shanni works in an integrative way, drawing on approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques, solution-focused ideas and trauma-focused work. In practice this means she might help a person spot unhelpful thoughts, set small goals, or gently work through past difficult events depending on what is helpful in the moment. She keeps language straightforward and focuses on simple steps that can be tried between meetings.

Her background includes long experience with anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, and she also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, ADHD, sleep and eating concerns, and career stress. Additional areas she addresses include attachment and abandonment worries, body image, caregiver strain, chronic illness or pain, and midlife crisis questions.

Sessions are collaborative and aim to recognise strengths while finding practical ways forward. Shanni listens, reflects, and uses short exercises or goal-setting to build on small changes. People looking to manage life transitions or rebuild confidence often find this approach useful.

She practises from the United Kingdom and works in English. To start, prospective clients complete an online questionnaire and then arrange sessions to suit their circumstances.

How Shanni uses practical approaches in online therapy

Shanni commonly draws on cognitive behavioural techniques and solution-focused methods to help people make steady changes. Cognitive behavioural work looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link and offers simple exercises to try between sessions to reduce anxiety or low mood. Solution-focused work concentrates on identifying small, realistic goals and building on what already works in everyday life.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Shanni will discuss options with each person and together they will decide which methods match the issues, goals and preferences presented. She adapts techniques as progress is made so the plan can change if something is not helpful.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can help fit sessions into a busy routine, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also makes it easier to attend when juggling work, caregiving or other commitments. Registered or accredited professionals can use these approaches effectively in conversation, goal-setting and structured exercises over distance.