About Sarah
Sarah Porritt is a counsellor with BACP accreditation and ten years of experience. She works with adults on everyday problems like anxiety, stress, low mood and parenting strain. Sarah aims to make sessions clear and down-to-earth so people can talk honestly about what is hard for them.
Her approach mixes practical, evidence-based techniques with a person-centred attitude. That means clients can expect both skills to manage symptoms and space to talk through feelings.
How Sarah works
Sessions often focus on understanding unhelpful patterns and trying small changes that make daily life easier. Sarah also helps people coping with grief, relationship communication problems and issues around self-esteem. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, and to difficulties that come with chronic illness, caregiving or major life change.
Work can include talking through difficult emotions and practising techniques to reduce overwhelm. Practical tools are introduced at a pace that suits each person. Some sessions focus on short-term coping strategies, while other work looks at longer patterns and life purpose.
Her style is compassionate, straightforward and geared to helping people feel more able to manage their lives. Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches you can use online and how they help
Sarah uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques to help with day-to-day difficulties. Cognitive behavioural approaches look at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going and teach practical strategies to reduce anxiety and low mood. Person-centred work focuses on listening and helping people make sense of their feelings so they can decide what matters most to them.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will explain options and try methods that fit the client's goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face dialogue when that helps. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can suit shorter check-ins. Text and live chat are useful for people who prefer writing or want flexible, time-staggered exchanges. Together these options make therapy more accessible and easier to work around daily routines.
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