About Sarah
Sarah Johnson is a counsellor with six years of professional experience. She holds NCPS as a credential and practises in the United Kingdom. She aims to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem or big life changes.
She works in a straightforward, empathetic way and focuses on what matters most to each person. Sessions are practical and conversational. Sarah listens carefully and helps people identify small steps they can try between meetings.
How Sarah works
Her background includes working with issues such as depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief and relationship concerns. She also supports people with intimacy-related issues, eating and sleep difficulties, anger, bipolar mood concerns and parenting strains. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment worries, body image, caregiving stress and long-term illness concerns.
Sarah uses a mix of client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques, mindfulness and solution-focused work. She aims to balance exploring emotions with simple, goal-directed tasks that can bring quick relief. The approach is adapted to each person rather than being rigidly the same every session.
Sessions are offered in English and can take place online for international clients. People who want to begin are asked to use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to be scheduled according to therapist availability.
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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- 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
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approach, adaptation and online access
Sarah blends client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural work and mindfulness practices. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience so they feel heard and respected; it helps when someone needs space to talk without judgement. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and uses simple exercises to change unhelpful patterns; this is useful for anxiety, mood and stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and breathing or attention exercises to reduce rumination and manage overwhelming emotions.Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences, try techniques together and adjust the plan as progress is made. This helps ensure the work suits practical needs and personal style rather than sticking to one fixed method.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more interaction is useful. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, ongoing support or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options help people access therapy from different time zones and life situations while keeping appointments convenient.
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