Sasha Dineen , BACP

Sasha Dineen is a counsellor based in Littlehampton, West Sussex, United Kingdom, with five years of experience in private practice and employee assistance programmes. She trained in Humanistic, Person-Centred counselling and holds a BA (Hons) degree in Humanistic Counselling, a PGCE in teaching, and membership of the BACP - the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK. Her work blends humanistic principles with short-term, solution-focused techniques to help people find practical ways forward while also honoring their personal experience.

Alongside running a private practice, Sasha works with several EAPs and combines brief, goal-oriented support with humanistic ideas. She also teaches counselling and wellbeing, running courses on counselling, mental health, stress management, and mindfulness. Sasha has worked with adults, children, and young people in both face-to-face and online settings, and she often incorporates creative arts into her practice to support different styles of expression and healing.

Outside of her professional work she enjoys badminton, warm-weather cold-water sea swimming, and leisure activities like board games and jigsaw puzzles. Her background in teaching and her varied clinical experience inform a flexible, person-focused approach to the issues people bring.

Humanistic and Solution-Focused Care Delivered Online

Sasha commonly integrates Person-Centred, or humanistic, counselling with solution-focused techniques in her online work. Person-Centred counselling emphasizes a respectful, non-judgemental therapeutic relationship and supports clients in exploring their feelings and values to build self-awareness and resilience. Solution-focused work concentrates on identifying practical goals and small, achievable steps to create change, which can be helpful for stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, and life transitions.

She also uses creative arts methods to offer alternative ways of expressing experience when words alone are not enough, which can be valuable for people of different ages and communication styles. Finding the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process - Sasha works with each person to assess their needs, preferences, and goals and to adapt techniques that fit their situation. Licensed professionals and therapists often combine methods in this way to tailor support.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for scheduling and access, allowing people to engage from home or other convenient locations. These options make it easier to continue work around busy lives, reduce travel time, and choose the mode of communication that feels most comfortable.