About Sara
Sara Villar Gonzalez uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression and addiction. She works in a practical, down-to-earth way and focuses on helping people feel clearer about their next steps. Sara is based in the United Kingdom and practises in English.
Sara has nine years of experience working with a wide range of concerns. She helps with relationship and family strain, grief and bereavement, trauma and abuse, and care-related stress.
How Sara works
She also supports people dealing with eating problems, bipolar challenges, anger and self-esteem issues. Additional areas she addresses include attachment and abandonment worries, blended family challenges, body image, cancer-related difficulties, codependency, communication problems and dissociation. She also helps with drug and alcohol addiction, divorce and separation, commitment issues and intimacy-related concerns.
Sara approaches work by recognising each person as the expert in their own life. She helps people notice strengths and use them to make practical changes. Sessions focus on what is useful now and on small steps that build toward better day-to-day coping.
Therapy sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. International clients may be supported. Costs vary by location and a subscription model is used that can be cancelled at any time.
To begin, clients select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
What Sara works with
The areas below are the ones Sara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Online approaches and how they help
Sara uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people make practical changes. One common approach focuses on helping people become aware of patterns in their feelings and actions, and then testing small changes to see what works. This can be useful for anxiety, depression and relationship worries.Another approach emphasises understanding how past attachment and abandonment concerns shape current reactions. By noticing these patterns in session, people can try different ways of relating and reduce repeated conflict or distance.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest which techniques might help most. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted as needs change.
Online work is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps, while phone sessions can be easier on low bandwidth or when being off camera is preferable. Live chat and messaging suit short check-ins, ongoing coaching-style support and people who prefer writing over speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving or travel.
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