- Years in practice
- 11
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Sarah
Sarah Bennett is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, grief and relationship difficulties. She also helps with self-esteem, addictions, trauma, eating and sleeping problems, anger, career worries and life changes. Sarah aims to make sessions straightforward and practical for busy parents who need clear strategies and calm listening.
Her counselling journey began in Sydney in 2009 where she trained as a telephone counsellor for Lifeline. On returning to England she completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and a University Certificate in Counselling at South Cheshire College, validated by Manchester Metropolitan University.
Background and approach
She is an Accredited Member of the National Counselling Society (NCPS). Sarah’s work is grounded in a person-centred way of relating. That means she listens without judgement and follows what each person brings.
She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness and hypnotherapy techniques when these seem likely to help, offered as suggestions rather than fixed tasks between sessions. Her experience includes school counselling and voluntary work with a bereavement charity. She has 11 years of professional experience and continues with regular continuing professional development.
Sarah sees adults and teenagers and offers video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging sessions. She describes her role as helping people find their own answers and build coping tools. Sessions aim to feel practical, calm and focused on the changes a person wants to make.
What Sarah works with
Everything Sarah lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sarah helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sarah lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches you can try in online sessions
Sarah uses a person-centred way of working that places the person's concerns and goals at the centre. In practice this means sessions begin with listening and then move at a pace set by the client, with practical suggestions offered rather than directives.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress and panic, and it often includes simple exercises to practise between talks. Mindfulness Therapy is another option she offers, taught as short exercises and breathing practices to reduce rumination and improve focus during stressful times.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and adapt methods to match personal goals, needs and preferences. That way the plan is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be quicker to arrange, and live chat or text-based messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options increase flexibility and help people keep therapy going around family, work and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Sarah
What issues does Sarah commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, grief, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, trauma, addictions and a wide range of life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centred and down-to-earth, with a focus on listening and following each person's needs. She may suggest CBT, mindfulness or hypnotherapy techniques when they could help.
What professional background does she have?
Her counselling journey started in 2009 as a telephone counsellor for Lifeline in Sydney and includes school counselling and bereavement support work.
Which credentials and location apply?
She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and a University Certificate in Counselling validated by Manchester Metropolitan University, and is an Accredited Member of the National Counselling Society (NCPS) in the United Kingdom.
What languages are supported and are international clients taken?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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