Sarah Barker

Have you noticed you are not who you used to be? Your energy levels may have dipped, you may be struggling to sleep, your enthusiasm is missing and the things you used to love doing just don't do it for you anymore. Life may feel like you are walking through mud and you are feeling exhausted by it. But, you are confused because your head may be  busier or noisier and your heart feels like it is going to jump out of your chest or your stomach in churning or your legs won't stay still. You may be asking yourself what is happening to me? Is this anxiety or depression? What can I do to stop it? Why has it started? Is this normal? Am I normal? (you are by the way).

I work with Anxiety around Grief, Loss and Trauma but what does this mean? It covers so many areas including but not limited to, the death or the impending death of a loved one, the ending of a relationship, the loss of your childhood, the loss of your innocence, the loss of connection with yourself and others or the grief for the life you wanted but didn't have. Grief, annoyingly, doesn't always happen immediately so when it does start, we don't always know what is happening or why and the impact it has on our mental, emotional and physical health can be huge.

So, what would it look like if we worked together? You will be given the support and space to explore and better understand the thoughts in your head, to feel the emotions that are connected to them and the somatic response of those emotions. Together, we will deepen into the somatic response to really understand the emotions, why they are there and what they are holding hands with as they are never alone. We will learn the patterns of the emotions so we know what is going on for you before the intrusive thoughts start which can reduce the fear of the emotions and stop the overwhelm we can often feel with them. And, if you want to, we can find the root to all of this and heal it using the Clearing Method, an embodied approach to healing the root cause of what has brought you to counselling.

You will be left feeling understood and challenged, you will know there is nothing weird or silly about you, your thoughts or your feelings and you will be able to accept who you are. You will learn how to put boundaries in place which can create better relationships which work for you and you will have a voice that can be heard. If this sounds like something you want, please get in touch. 

I work Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and the price is £55.00 for a 50 minute session. Our introductory session is at the reduced price of £35 as it is really an opportunity to get to know each other, to talk about what brought you to counselling, what you hope to get out of it and how we can work together to achieve that.

I can see clients in the Garden Room during my working day either in person or online; walk and talks (there are no walks with easy access) can only be done during 9am and 3.30pm due to the lack of street lighting in the area. 

We can work together in one of two ways.

THE GARDEN ROOM. Located in a quiet corner of our garden, The Garden Room is a comfortable and calming space surrounded by the relaxing sights and sounds of nature which can help promote positive well being. This can enable our relationship to develop and deepen, a crucial part of our work together. The two water features are not only relaxing for us but encourages wildlife to drink and bathe; the running water also muffles our voices allowing us to sit in the garden itself whilst ensuring our words remain private.

WALK AND TALK. Walking whilst talking can take the work into a deeper level more quickly. Exercise can get you out of your head, reconnect you to the surrounding world and let your defences retract. These sessions take place whatever the weather so suitable attire is required. Due to the lack of street lighting, walk and talks only take place during the hours of 9am and 3.30pm to accommodate for the winter months and take place in the village of Sparham.