Individual Therapy

Therapy is a healing process you undertake in the company of an honest, safe, and compassionate guide. As your guide, I’ll accompany you in the process of building profound self-awareness that explores your life, your relationships, your upbringing, your personality, your wounding, your phantasies, and your longings. From this basis of insight, you’ll be more able to pause when you’re experiencing something that pulls you into those ways of being that keep you caged and stuck and hurting, and instead, you may choose a different response that aligns with who you are now and what you value. Therapy is a way to discover who you are as a whole person, identifying ways to do things differently that are more honest, compassionate, and supportive to you in your relationship with yourself and others.

What to Expect

In my practice, no one's therapy looks the same. You can focus on a single issue or several issues. You may want less guidance and more support in sessions or visa-versa. Whatever the case, we can find a way of working that suits you, and at all times, I will listen to you with care and respect.

At the beginning of therapy, I focus on getting to know you and building rapport with you. Having a basis of understanding, insight, and trust is necessary to give you personalised therapy that can support the challenges that are bound to come up in therapy.

After that, this basis of insight, understanding, and trust will assist us in identifying what and how you could do things differently to serve you in your life better. Throughout this process, I will meet you where you're at and help you navigate whatever comes up as you do this brave work.

Together we could…

  • Identify supportive rituals and practices for increased well-being and growth

  • Develop more self-compassion and understand the role of your inner critic

  • Build more intimate and authentic relationships—with yourself and others

  • Explore issues from your past that are getting in the way of your present

  • Address inhibiting and harmful patterns and pattern new ways of being

  • Unlearn over-accomodating, people-pleasing, and ignoring your needs

  • Connect with your body, sensations, and develop emotional fluency

  • Find a balance between caring for yourself and other people

  • Transmute wounding into sources of meaning and purpose

  • Cultivate creativity, authenticity, and spontaneity

  • Build self-awareness and self-understanding

  • Learn to face fear in support of your growth

“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you.

Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.”

- Neil Gaiman

Testimonials

 

“With Sarah’s help I’ve become a happier, more satisfied person and regularly surprise my family with how I’ve broken out of previously unhelpful patterns of behaviour. “You wouldn’t have done that before therapy” has become a pleasantly regular utterance in my house. Sarah made therapy unintimidating, warm, helpful and professional. I would strongly recommend her services to anyone who wants or needs them.”

— M., 2022

"Sarah is gentle in her approach, creating a space which is safe, and warm. She showed genuine care for me and ensured the sessions were specific to my needs, and not generalised in any way. Sarah gave me the space and encouragement to explore my mental health on a deeper level than I ever have done before, whilst encouraging me to remain completely free of judgement. Being able to observe my thoughts in this way has really helped my mental health."

— J., 2020

“Sarah’s calmness and understanding help me find my truth. Her support and knowledge gave me the confidence to listen to my inner voice again. She did this all without judgement and in a kind and supportive way. I high recommend seeing Sarah for support in all manner of life crisis.”

— F., 2019

 Frequently Asked Questions

+ What kind of reasons do people have for coming to therapy?

People come to therapy for many reasons, and the thing to know is that nothing is too big or too small. A few reasons could be that you may be looking for help adjusting to moving to a foreign country; you may be wanting a quiet place to think about your life with someone who won’t judge you; you may be experiencing intense pain and you don’t have anywhere to go to for support; you may have a specific issue that you’d like to address with someone who is trained and can help you manage it; you may be feeling lost and unsure what’s wrong, or it could be something else. Whatever it is, therapy can offer you a place to talk it through and see what could be the way forward with it.

+ How do I know if we are a good fit?

My work tends to be long-term and insight-based, meaning that if you are only looking for coping strategies to address symptoms, then I will likely not be a good fit for you. A common misconception is that all therapy looks like addressing the problem with practical strategies and tools, but this is only a tiny part of what I offer. But more than anything I offer on practical or theoretical levels, how safe, comfortable, understood, and connected you feel with me is key. I offer a 30-minute consultation, free of charge, so you can see what it’s like to meet with me.

+ Do you offer in-person sessions?

I am only offering online sessions at the moment.

+ How does online therapy work?

We start with an initial consultation, either by phone or video chat. Then, we may set up appointments on Zoom, which is a secure platform.