Sasha Dineen, BACP

Sasha Dineen is a counsellor based in Littlehampton, West Sussex. She works from a humanistic, person-centred perspective and draws on five years of practice to help people manage stress, anxiety and life changes.

Sasha combines short-term, goal-focused techniques with humanistic ideas. She aims to make sessions straightforward and practical so people can apply what they learn between meetings. Her background in teaching informs a clear, paced way of working that many find easy to follow.

She runs a private practice and also provides support through employee assistance programmes. That mix means she offers brief, focused work as well as longer conversations depending on what a person needs. Creative arts are part of her toolkit and she sometimes uses them to help people express feelings they find hard to put into words.

Sasha also teaches counselling, mental health and stress courses. Her teaching experience influences how she explains concepts and introduces simple exercises for self-care and coping. She aims to help people build small, manageable changes into daily life.

Outside of counselling she enjoys badminton, cold-water sea swimming and board games. Those interests inform a relaxed and down-to-earth approach in sessions. If someone wants to try talking therapy that emphasises personal experience and practical steps, Sasha offers an approachable style.

How Sasha’s approaches translate to online therapy

Sasha draws on humanistic, person-centred counselling, which focuses on listening and reflecting to help people find their own solutions. This approach helps when someone wants a space to be heard and to build confidence in their own decisions.

She also uses short-term, solution-focused techniques that set clear goals and practical steps. Those methods are useful for addressing specific problems like stress, sleep difficulties or coping with life changes because they break issues into manageable tasks.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. Sasha will collaborate with each person to decide which mix suits their goals and preferences, adjusting methods as progress is made.

If you are considering online work, confirm the session formats offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that is helpful. They can also allow creative activities or exercises to be used in different ways, depending on the agreed format. Many people find this flexibility helps them sustain regular sessions alongside daily life.