Sarah Briggs

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Dip.Int.Counselling MBACP
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location_on Windlesham, Surrey, GU20
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About me

I am a fully qualified and experienced counsellor with over ten years in private practice. I offer relationship therapy for couples and individuals in a comfortable and peaceful setting based in Windlesham. I am a registered member of the BACP (British Association Of Counselling and Psychotherapy) and I strictly adhere to the BACP Ethical Framework in maintaining safe and ethical practice.


COUPLES COUNSELLING

Couples therapy provides a safe and supportive space to explore issues and difficulties in a relationship and find a way to work through these problems to bring about change. Couples may be struggling with a wide variety of issues such as difficulties in communication, infidelity, a lack of sex and intimacy and navigating major life transitions. An important part of therapy involves exploring the impact of the past on both individuals and how it effects the relationship in the here and now. The aim of couples counselling is to help both individuals to reconnect emotionally and feel more secure and contended in their relationship. Some couples may decide that the safest and healthiest option is to separate and therapy can be an important part of this process. Most of the work will be done in the therapeutic space but couples will often be asked to do homework tasks between sessions.

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING 

Individual relationship therapy offers a supportive space to explore and better understand your relationships, helping you identify patterns that may be creating challenges. It focuses on developing self-awareness, particularly around how past experiences and early family dynamics might influence your relationships today. Therapy can involve working on improving communication skills, managing conflict and how to set healthy boundaries. It also provides a compassionate environment to process feelings around break ups and endings, whilst fostering resilience and clarity for moving forward. 

Training, qualifications & experience

Qualifications:

  • Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (QCF)
  • Advanced Certificate in Relationship Therapy (CORST)
  • BACP Register Certificate of Proficiency
  • NCFE Level 3 Award in Counselling Skills and Theory
  • NCFE Level 2 Award in Helping Skills


Training:

I regularly update my training as part of my Continuing Professional Development. I have received training in the following areas:

  • Attachment within a couple relationship 
  • CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
  • Child Protection
  • Eating Disorders
  • Understanding Trauma/PTSD
  • Professional Training In The Therapeutic Use Of Mindfulness

Experience:

During my training, I volunteered with a BACP accredited placement in Bracknell, which offers counselling to young people in the community. I also worked for the charity Place2Be, providing counselling to children in schools. 

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.

Accredited register membership

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Therapies offered

Fees

£80.00 per session

Concessions offered for

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Additional information

Fees are:

Couple sessions: £80 for a sixty minute session

Individual sessions: £60 for a fifty minute session 

When I work

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Morning
Afternoon
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At the moment, I only have availability for face to face sessions on Thursdays during the day. There are also available slots for online sessions on Tuesday evenings. 

Windlesham, Surrey, GU20

Type of session

In person
Online

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples

Key details

I offer face to face counselling in a modern, light and spacious room based in Windlesham.