About Sarah
Sarah Ankamah is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with nine years of professional experience. She holds BACP accreditation and specialises in stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, self-esteem and depression. She also offers support around addictions, intimacy-related issues and parenting concerns.
Sarah speaks English and accepts international clients. Sarah aims to make sessions feel calm and straightforward. She invites people to talk about thoughts and feelings without judgment.
Her work focuses on practical ways to manage worry, low mood and relationship strain.
How Sarah works
She explains ideas plainly and helps people notice small changes that make daily life easier. Clients can expect a collaborative approach. Sarah draws on Client-Centred Therapy to prioritise each person’s experience and pace.
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping people spot patterns in thinking and try different coping strategies. Her experience includes supporting people through grief, compassion fatigue and challenges linked to chronic illness and disability. Sarah also addresses attachment concerns, codependency, dissociation and issues connected to immigration and multicultural backgrounds.
She offers particular attention to postpartum depression, women’s issues and young adult transitions. Sessions are offered through a range of online formats, so people can choose what fits their routine. Starting involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that suits the client.
Sarah works with each person to set clear, achievable goals and to review progress as therapy continues.
Sarah lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Sarah works with
The areas below are the ones Sarah selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- 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
How Sarah’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own experience and pace. The counsellor listens carefully and reflects what matters to the client, helping people feel heard and understood. This approach is useful for emotional concerns, relationship strain and processing grief.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical experiments to change how they respond. CBT can be helpful for anxiety, low mood and stress management.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Sarah will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to use more client-centred listening, CBT techniques, or a mix of both, and will review progress regularly.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can suit shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth, and messaging fits quick reflections or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping the focus on practical, goal-oriented work.
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