Welcome to

True Voice Counselling

Collaborative, personal, and compassionate online therapy

Does any of this sound familiar to you?

  • You may feel stuck in a role or way of being, unsure how you really feel, what you want or need, or where you belong.

  • Perhaps you consider yourself sensitive or perceptive, yet often feel on the outside of things — overthinking interactions and doubting yourself often.

  • You might try hard to “get it right,” doing what you think you should, yet still feel not quite good enough, carrying a worry that others might eventually see that.

  • Perhaps you and your partner have lost touch with each other, finding yourselves caught in the same arguments and unsure how to reconnect.

  • Or maybe you’re going through a life transition that hasn’t turned out to be what you expected — changing jobs, moving, having a child, getting married, retiring, or losing someone — and it feels much harder than you imagined.

  • You may also be living far from where you grew up, navigating life in a different culture, language, or country, and discovering that building a life abroad brings unexpected emotional challenges.

    If so, I’m glad you’ve found your way here.

Hi, I’m Sarah.

I’m a COSCA-qualified psychotherapist and a certified couples counsellor.

I offer a calm, steady space where you can bring what feels heavy and have it held with care. Together, we take time to understand what’s going on beneath the surface — the patterns, experiences, and emotions that may be shaping how you feel just now.

I work collaboratively, drawing on different therapeutic approaches and adapting our time and pace to what feels most helpful for you. We can work on building self-trust, reconnecting with your voice, and feeling more at home in yourself and in your relationships.

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Areas I Often Support People With

  • Relationship patterns and codependency

  • Low self-worth, perfectionism, and persistent self-doubt

  • Social anxiety and emotional sensitivity

  • Couples communication and recurring conflict

  • Life transitions such as parenthood, career change, grief, or relocation

  • Identity and belonging while living between cultures or abroad

Ways We Can Work Together

For our sessions, I meet you online from my home office — a calm, private space that invites slowing down, listening closely, and real conversation.

  • Therapy sessions take place online via Zoom, a secure platform for our sessions.

  • A space to explore your inner world more deeply — your emotions, patterns, and sense of self — and to begin developing greater clarity and self-trust.

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  • Support for partners who feel caught in painful cycles, struggling to communicate, or longing to reconnect and better understand each other.

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  • Living between cultures can reshape identity, belonging, and relationships. I offer support for people navigating migration, cultural adjustment, and the emotional complexity of building a life far from home.

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  • “Therapy with Sarah was more healing for me than I ever thought therapy could be. Sarah was the perfect mix between a skilled therapist and an understanding human. She helped me to identify my source of trouble, recognise unhealthy patterns and coping mechanisms, make connections between these current behaviours and my past and validated my trauma. Beyond this she helped me to translate these unhealthy patterns and coping mechanisms into healthy ones and taught me how I could get my needs met in alternative ways. She taught me how to change my self-critical inner voice into a self-compassionate one and to tune into it. Sarah viewed my issues as unique to me and gave me specific advice on specific issues rather than a generic and clichéd approach. Working with Sarah I felt I could open and honest about my emotions without being judged. Sarah always listened to me fully and remembered small details, as well as asking challenging questions that helped me think and grow.”

    — Alex

  • “From our very first session, I knew you were the right fit for me as a counsellor. You create such a warm, compassionate atmosphere, where I have always felt safe to fully express myself. For the first time, I felt truly seen and heard by someone, which has made the world of difference to how I go about my everyday life now. I’ve always felt a bit misunderstood by those around me, so for you to help me on this journey of empowering myself again and realising that it’s OK if my path is slightly different from others, has been so affirming. To have a space to connect to myself in every week with you for the past year has felt amazing. I feel like I’ve come home to myself again, and I’ll be forever grateful. Thank you again, Sarah. Everything we’ve explored and discussed will stick with me and continue to guide me on my journey.”

    —Siobhan

  • “You could not write enough good things about Sarah if you tried. I have been through the process of finding a therapist several times, and I don’t think I’ll ever meet another quite like Sarah. Coming to therapy every week felt warm and inviting, and I felt as if I was able to confront challenges in my life that I couldn’t have otherwise tackled. Sarah taught me so much, and I can confidently say that I would not be where I am today without her. She will always have a profound space in my heart, and I will forever cherish the opportunity to work with her.”

    —Evan

  • “My experience was that you are an incredibly warm, compassionate, human and humane therapist. I felt seen and heard in a way that I rarely have in my life, and I’ve certainly never felt seen and heard so consistently, week in week out. I feel sure that I will return to the things we talked about and explored, and that they’ll unfold in me for many years to come. Your focus on self-compassion and somatic work is what made me choose you as my therapist. I’ve connected with myself like never before and have felt (rather than just intellectually understood) that there is nothing wrong or broken about me. My creative expression has become more clear, profound, communicative, and more authentically mine. It is not an exaggeration to say my experience was life-changing.”

    — Chris

  • “Your support and help over the last few months has been incredible. I found our sessions together so helpful. During our sessions, is the calmest I had felt in a long time as I finally felt that someone was listening to me. You helped me uncover parts of myself that I had forgotten and situations that I had not yet processed. You were really in tune with my moods even though it was online and you always knew when to ask more questions and move me along or when to let me sit with the emotions as a lot of big stuff came up! The mapping work that you did with me was hugely helpful. I had never done anything like that before and it was so helpful to see it written out in black and white. Very interesting!! I would highly recommend for anyone to work with you. Your compassion and understanding was unbelievable. It was so reassuring to finally feel heard. That level of support allowed me to work through some big stuff and I continue to work on it now our sessions have ended. Thank you a thousand times Sarah, I really mean that!”

    — Rachel

  • “I have only wonderful things to say about my experience. Thank you for consistently holding such a safe, warm and nurturing space for me. More than any other therapist I have worked with, you have an amazing quality that makes the weekly space a perfect sanctuary for whatever is needed. Our sessions always felt so well-paced. I appreciate that you took such care at the beginning and toward the end of sessions to check in with my energy/feeling and give me a chance to reflect on what was needed. It always felt like you were so present for me, and that you dedicated time between sessions to ideas and reflections for us to cover next time. This made me feel so incredibly valued and inspired me to keep showing up for myself, even on harder days. Everything always magically felt like the perfect balance, tone, challenge and surrender. The magic is you!! Thanks so much Sarah.”

    —Sally

  • “I just wanted to say a big thank you to you Sarah for helping me on this journey to manage my anxiety and overcome chronic over-working and stress. I now understand what has contributed to my anxiety and fear of public speaking and have the tools to be able to overcome these fears, but most importantly to live in a way that feels truer to me. Thank you for always listening attentively and creating such a safe and non-judgemental space for me to be myself and reflect. I’m extremely grateful for all your wisdom and advice, and am excited to carry all that I have learnt in whatever awaits me next!”

    — Beth

  • "I experienced you as a very professional and encouraging psychotherapist, with a special talent for listening carefully and reflecting my inner world. During our counselling, the sessions felt like a stabilising factor in helping me reach a greater sense of ownership of myself — my story of loss, my work and passions, my relationship, and my identity with friends and family. I always felt space to share without judgement. I experienced your empathy and curiosity in all topics, which was very meaningful for me. Your professionalism, clarity in communication, and the structure you brought to sessions made the work feel safe, focused, and trustworthy. Thank you so much — I would definitely recommend you to others."

    — Lisanne

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Wondering whether we might work well together?

If you’re curious about beginning therapy, you’re welcome to book a free initial chat where you can ask questions, share what’s bringing you here, and get a sense of whether we’re a good fit.

You don’t have to arrive certain, clear, or ready. Just arrive as you are.

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