About Sarah
Sarah Dunn is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety and life transitions. She works with adults who are struggling with self-esteem, motivation and the after-effects of trauma and abuse. Sarah uses a straightforward, compassionate style to help people take practical steps forward.
She believes clients are the experts in their own lives and builds on their existing strengths. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, achievable changes. Sarah aims to make therapy feel manageable for someone worried or overwhelmed.
Background and approach
With three years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), she brings a practical outlook to common problems. Her background includes supporting people with family conflict, workplace stress and social anxiety.
Sarah also works with concerns such as body image, eating and food-related issues, drug and alcohol addiction, obsessive thoughts and compulsions, and the emotional impacts of pregnancy and childbirth. She offers listening, practical strategies and steady support while clients try out new ways of coping. Sessions are held in English and are offered online in a range of formats.
Sarah aims to help people find steady progress rather than quick fixes, and she meets clients where they are when they first get in touch.
How Sarah adapts therapeutic techniques online
Sarah uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques to help with anxiety and related problems. One common approach she employs is problem-focused work that identifies specific triggers and builds step-by-step coping plans to reduce worry and avoidance. This helps with social anxiety, workplace stress and everyday panic. Another approach is trauma-informed support that focuses on stabilising emotions and rebuilding a sense of safety after abuse or distressing events; this often starts with simple grounding and pacing strategies to make progress manageable.Finding the right approach happens together. Sarah works collaboratively to choose methods that match a person's needs, goals and comfort level. She will check in regularly and adjust techniques as progress is made or priorities change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow fuller conversation and non-verbal connection, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and messaging let people check in between calls or prefer text-based communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life or when travel is difficult, while keeping the focus on steady, useful progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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