About Sarah
Sarah Smith is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety and supports those coping with low self-worth, depression, guilt, shame, or big life changes. Her approach aims to make it easier to talk about difficult feelings in a straightforward way.
She draws on a trauma-informed, person-centred way of working that treats people as the experts on their own lives.
Background and approach
This means she listens for the true impact of events and helps clients make sense of their feelings at a pace they can manage. Connection and trust are central to how she meets people in sessions. Sarah brings four years of focused work in mental health to her practice.
Before qualifying she worked in social care with people with learning disabilities, community care and older adults, and she has experience in both personal and NHS mental health settings. This background informs her practical, down-to-earth style. In sessions she helps clients explore problems and identify steps that feel achievable.
Conversations aim to build on existing strengths so people can try things that may reduce distress and increase wellbeing. She uses straightforward language and avoids technical jargon. Sarah also supports people managing isolation, life purpose questions, mood disorders, self-love and women’s issues.
She works online using a mix of video calls, phone, live chat and text messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Sarah works from a trauma-informed perspective, which means she pays attention to how past harms affect current feelings and reactions. This approach supports people who carry the effects of upsetting experiences and helps make sense of patterns that keep causing distress.She also uses a person-centred way of working that focuses on listening and on the client’s own expertise about their life. This method aims to build trust and to help people explore their feelings at a pace they find manageable, which is useful for anxiety, self-esteem and life changes.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals and preferences and together you will agree the methods that feel most helpful. That collaborative planning can change as progress is made or new needs appear.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video is good for longer conversations and visual connection, phone calls can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth, and chat or messaging work well for brief check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, childcare and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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