About Sarah
Sarah Semper works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports those facing self-esteem struggles, grief, and major life changes. Sarah helps people cope with trauma and abuse and offers support around parenting and LGBT issues.
She brings 14 years of practice in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. Her approach combines straightforward conversation with practical tools.
How Sarah works
She uses talking therapy alongside structured techniques to help people notice patterns and try small changes. Sarah’s background includes arts-based methods that can be used alongside other work. That means she sometimes invites creative ways to reflect on feelings, such as simple imagery or expressive exercises.
These are optional and are adapted to each person’s comfort level. In sessions she focuses on building a clearer sense of self and practical coping strategies. She helps people manage overwhelm, steady their mood, and make decisions that feel more authentic.
Work can range from short-term goal-focused sessions to more open-ended exploration, depending on what a person wants. Her practice draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques, existential thinking and mindfulness. Those approaches are combined to match individual needs and preferences.
Sarah aims to make sessions understandable, grounded and useful in day-to-day life.
Sarah lists 10 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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| 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
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape how people connect now; it helps with trust, intimacy and feelings of safety in relationships. Client-centred therapy focuses on the person’s own pace and perspective, using active listening and reflection so people feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and tests small practical changes to improve mood and reduce anxiety.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Sarah will discuss different ways of working and will collaborate with each person to decide what feels most helpful. That means sessions can change over time as needs and goals shift.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t wanted. Live chat and text-based messages suit shorter check-ins, written reflection or times when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family and travel commitments while keeping the focus on practical progress and emotional clarity.
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