About me
Hi, I'm Sarah and am an Integrative qualified Counsellor / Psychotherapist & Clinical Supervisor. I work with both adults and children (aged 7+) and have been working therapeutically with both for over 18 years.
I understand how difficult it can be to make the decision to come to counselling, it can feel daunting choosing a counsellor, not knowing what to expect or even whether it will help. But I know how counselling has transformed me, and believe it can do the same for you. My love of supporting and mentoring people and my belief that you can make it through with space and time to explore, heal and grow, led me to become a counsellor and makes me passionate about what I do.
I know how hard life can be, it brings many twists and turns and can be very challenging. The strains of modern living, complex relationships and family circumstances can make life difficult to navigate. This can sometimes take a toll on our mental health and wellbeing causing us pain and distress.
Sometimes we are holding issues from the past that need exploring and processing, counselling can helping you to safely and gently open up, release and reintegrate experiences gaining new perspective and understanding so that you can move forward positively in life.
To help you decide whether I am a good fit for you, here is a bit about me:
My Background
I am an nature lover at heart and have spent over 20 years caring for our natural environment, engaging communities in nature conservation and the arts, teaching and mentoring adults and children through volunteering, education, Art and writing. I qualified as a child care professional and Forest School Leader and set up and ran two Forest Schools for 10 years, working primarily with SEN and those struggling to stay in school, nurturing and developing confidence through the outdoor environment.
I presently run my own private practice indoors and out, working with low mood, low self confidence, lack of direction, depression, anxiety, self harm, abuse, suicide ideation, grief and loss, OCD, ADHD, addiction, illness, trauma, relationship and family problems as well as those struggling to navigate neurodiversity.
Therapeutically, in the past, I have worked at Open Doors and Cancer Support with adults providing counselling for those struggling with depression, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma and abuse and supporting those affected by cancer..
Working with children, I have worked at Noah's Ark Centre and with SELFA children's charity providing therapeutic support to children and families and running parenting programmes.
I love to connect with and support people to open up, develop self awareness, grow and become empowered in their lives, and I combine my broad skills and experience into my therapeutic practice to support you in achieving this.
My Approach
I will greet you with deep respect, empathy and kindness, I will create a space where you can feel safe and held that feels comfortable for you to explore your own journey, your thoughts, feelings, issues and worries and I will support you to find a way through to a lighter freer place.
I draw on a range of tools that will support you to express feelings, look at patterns of behaviour, explore approaches to relationships, work and your life in general. Our work can be as long or short as you feel is necessary for you.
I support this with mindfulness techniques and other creative therapies such as inner child work (exploring your childhood), story work (exploring your internal narrative including beliefs past and present), art, writing and intuitive therapy to work with both conscious and unconscious parts of yourself bringing these into awareness and balance.
I work indoors and out in nature, working with you as to how you would like to approach your sessions.
First Steps...
Our first contact will be via phone or email, I will arrange with you a free exploratory 15 min call to find out if we feel we are a good fit. If we are happy to go ahead, then we can book our first session.
Sessions from then are 50 minutes long, during the session we can explore anything that you want to bring and I will support you on your counselling pathway.
Counselling
I look forward to the possibility of walking alongside you on your journey back to balanced and positive mental health.
One to one - By telephone and online (nationally & some European countries).
One to one - Face to Face (Skipton & Harrogate)
Walk n Talk - Embsay, Skipton
Training, qualifications & experience
- Registered Member of British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (MBACP)
- H. Level Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Diploma in Children & Young People, Diploma in Forest School
- My clients include individuals, young people, groups and parent and children age 7+.
- 18 years experience working with individuals, families & children therapeutically indoors and out.
- Open Door Centre in Colne working with complex issues and Keighley & Aire Valley Cancer Support, & a children's charity (SELFA) providing Parent Mentor courses to support struggling parents & their children.
- I provide Counselling/Psychotherapy & Nature Therapy Services
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Counselling:
- One to one - Indoor/Online/Telephone:
- £55.00 (Skipton) - £60 (Harrogate) - One to one - Outdoor - £80 (1 hr. 30 mins)
Supervision:
- £60 per hour & £80 for 1.5hrs
When I work
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