Sunshine Goodfellow, BACP
Compassionate narrative-focused counsellor
Details
| Name | Sunshine Goodfellow |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 13 |
About Sunshine
Sunshine Goodfellow is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 13 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family concerns, trauma and abuse, and mood disorders such as depression and bipolar. She also supports those coping with grief, addiction, eating concerns, sleep problems, parenting pressures, anger, self-esteem and ADHD-related difficulties.
She approaches therapy from a narrative perspective, helping people tell and reshape the stories that shape their lives.
Background and approach
Sunshine combines narrative ideas with attachment-based and client-centred ways of working to help people feel understood and heard. Sessions are conversational and focused on what matters to the individual. Her background includes postgraduate study in Art and Play Therapy at the University of Cambridge and training at Anglia Ruskin University.
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and uses that framework to guide her practice. Sunshine draws on everyday practices to bring balance and presence into daily life.
She encourages practical steps that can be tried between sessions, and she tailors her approach to the person in front of her rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. People who choose Sunshine can expect a respectful, culturally aware space where their experience is taken seriously.
She is comfortable working with complex situations and long-standing difficulties, and she aims to help clients reconnect with their own resources and hope.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Sunshine works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Sunshine among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Sunshine among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Sunshine among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Sunshine among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Sunshine among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Sunshine among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Sunshine among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Sunshine among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Sunshine among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Sunshine among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Sunshine directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Sunshine directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and attachment ideas work online
Sunshine draws on narrative therapy to help people notice and reshape the stories that influence their feelings and choices. Narrative work focuses on the meaning people give events and helps separate the person from the problems they face, which can be useful for issues like identity, relationships and low self-esteem.She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in close relationships. This helps people understand why they react a certain way with others and practise different ways of connecting and communicating. Client-centred practice means sessions are paced by the person and focused on what they want to address most urgently.
Finding the right approach is treated as a collaboration. The therapist will discuss options, try approaches in session, and adjust based on the client's goals and preferences. This shared process helps identify what feels most helpful over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does Sunshine help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, eating and addiction concerns, grief, sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, career worries, bipolar and depression, ADHD, and related challenges.
What is Sunshine's therapeutic style?
Her work is narrative-focused and client-centred, with attention to attachment patterns. Sessions are conversational and aim to help people reframe their stories and find practical ways forward.
How much experience does she have?
Sunshine has 13 years of professional experience working in counselling and therapeutic roles.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Sunshine?
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