About Sarah
Sarah Leonard is a counsellor with 18 years of experience who focuses on helping people cope with anxiety, stress and major life changes. She holds BACP accreditation, and she aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about what feels hard right now. Her approach is practical and collaborative.
She draws on client-centred work to listen closely to each person’s priorities and build a plan around them.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioural ideas are used to spot unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and replace them with manageable alternatives. Dialectical behaviour therapy skills are used when strong emotions make daily life difficult, helping people learn grounding and emotion regulation techniques. Mindfulness practices are offered to reduce rumination and increase moment-to-moment awareness.
Motivational interviewing helps clarify what someone wants to change and supports realistic goal setting. Sarah has supported people with a wide range of concerns, including low mood, relationship difficulties, addiction and eating issues, as well as ADHD and obsessive-compulsive tendencies. She also attends to multicultural and gender-related concerns and works with those experiencing domestic violence and dissociation.
Sessions are available online in the United Kingdom and are delivered in English. The emphasis is on steady, practical steps rather than quick fixes. People who prefer a gentle, paced process often find this style helpful.
How CBT, DBT and Client-Centred Work Online Can Help
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person without judgement. Online sessions let the counsellor hear what matters most and shape the work around the client’s goals and pace.Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. In online sessions this often means setting small, practical tasks between meetings and using video or text to review progress and adapt plans.
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive behaviours. Online delivery can include short skills coaching by phone or text and regular check-ins to practise grounding, distress tolerance and emotion regulation techniques.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The counsellor will discuss options and work together with the client to choose methods that match the person’s needs, goals and preferences rather than imposing a single route.
Online therapy provides flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work where bandwidth is low, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, family and daily life while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Infidelity
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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