About Sarah
Sarah Thompson is a counsellor with 17 years of experience in the United Kingdom. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and grief. She also supports those struggling with self-esteem, motivation and addiction concerns.
Her approach is warm and straightforward so people can raise difficult things without feeling judged. In sessions she focuses on listening first and then working practically. She draws on client-centred methods to follow each person's priorities.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thinking and try different ways of responding. Mindfulness techniques are used to steady the mind in moments of panic or overwhelm. Sarah also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy and elements of the Gottman Method when relationship or intimacy issues are central.
These approaches help people identify patterns in emotion and interaction, and practise new ways of connecting. The emphasis is on doable steps rather than grand plans. Clients can expect a calm, non-judgemental space where small changes are valued.
Conversations are practical and paced to what each person can manage. Sarah aims to help people build coping skills they can use between sessions. Her background includes many years supporting people through loss, trauma and life transitions.
She combines listening with structured techniques so people can move forward at their own speed.
How her approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy puts your priorities first and creates space for you to say what matters. Online sessions offer the same focus on your agenda, helping you explore feelings and make decisions that fit your life.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going and tests small, practical changes. In video or phone sessions the therapist can guide thought records, breathing exercises and homework tasks that you practise between meetings.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand emotional patterns in relationships and practise different ways of responding. Online conversations can map those patterns and rehearse new responses, which is useful for intimacy and communication work.
Finding the best fit is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose approaches that match your needs, goals and preferences. That may mean combining methods or adjusting the pace so you feel able to try things out.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or times when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, travel and family life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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