About Sarah
Sarah Howell is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship difficulties. She is also experienced with trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, self-esteem and issues around intimacy. Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical so people can start feeling steadier sooner.
She trained to the standards of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sarah has five years of practice working across charities and personal settings.
How Sarah works
That mix means she is used to short-term support and longer conversations, depending on what someone needs. Sarah uses an open, collaborative style. She combines solution-focused work with client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural ideas.
That means she helps people spot unhelpful thinking, try different behaviours, and build small steps towards clearer goals. In sessions she pays attention to how close relationships shape feelings and behaviour. Attachment-based ideas help her look at patterns that repeat in relationships.
Existential themes are also used to address questions about meaning, purpose and difficult transitions. Therapy can be offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different routines. Sarah aims to make the process clear: set a goal, try practical steps between sessions, and review progress together.
She supports people who want sensible, down-to-earth help to manage life’s hard moments.
Sarah lists 5 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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| 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
Sarah blends client-centred listening with solution-focused techniques to help people move forward. Client-centred therapy means the counsellor follows the person’s concerns and reflects them back, helping people feel heard and clearer about what they want to change. Solution-focused work looks for practical steps and small experiments that can be tried between sessions to build momentum.She also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot patterns of thinking that make problems worse. CBT-style techniques involve noticing unhelpful thoughts, testing them out and trying alternative actions that change how someone feels. This approach can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep and coping with stressful situations.
Choosing the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, needs and preferences and then try methods that fit. Sessions are collaborative and reviewed regularly so the plan can change if something isn’t helping.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging, which offer flexibility for different routines. Video is useful for a fuller interaction, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, short live chats suit quick check-ins and text messaging can support ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help make therapy easier to fit around work, family and daily life.
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