Sarah Guthrie
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About me
How counselling can help?
Whether dealing with depression, anxiety, loss etc, counselling can help you make sense of feelings and sow the seeds of change. Counselling provides a place for you to express your fears and anxieties and enables you to develop resilience and hope for the future. Most importantly, a place for you to be yourself and feel heard.
Counselling is a transformative process that can involve looking within and digging deep, and that takes courage. With this in mind, it is important that you find the right counsellor. It may be me, or it may be someone else. If it is me, you will be met with warmth and friendliness from the outset.
How I work
I Specialise in working with:
Neurodiverse and highly sensitive people
LGBTQIA+ people and gender dysphoria
Trauma
Associated stress, anxiety, PTSD, loss and low self-esteem.
I am passionate about helping people create change, work through life transitions and find purpose.
The counselling space is collaborative, and the therapeutic relationship is at the heart of our work together. This is a place for you to express what is troubling you and enable you to develop resilience and hope for the future. Sessions could involve looking at the past and how it impacts the present or exploring difficulties you face in the here-and-now. I will never take you anywhere you are not ready to go and be guided by you and the pace that you set.
I am passionate about helping people create change, work through life transitions and find purpose. Spirituality and creativity can be woven into sessions.
The space is collaborative, and the therapeutic relationship is at the heart of our work together. This is a place for you to express what is troubling you and enable you to develop resilience and hope for the future. Sessions could involve looking at the past and how it impacts the present or exploring difficulties you face in the here-and-now. I will never take you anywhere you are not ready to go and be guided by you and the pace that you set.
My counselling is holistic. I believe in working with every aspect of a person from their mind, body, and spirit to the conscious and unconscious parts waiting to be explored. I will work with all your unique parts, through explorative dialogue, story, and metaphor, listening to them so they feel understood and heard. I also use mindfulness and embodiment-based practices that help you connect with your bodily felt sense, learn to self regulate and encourage inner kindness, and find harmony and balance.
Therapeutic coaching can help you work towards creating positive changes connecting you to your life purpose, finding love and awakening creativity within. Coaching can be particularly beneficial to those with ADHD, activating the Dopamine reward centre.
Neurodiversity, trauma and loss (whether heartache or grief) can cause us to feel a myriad of emotions and I will work with you to find a way forward and heal.
Please visit my website for further information.
About me
I am a fully insured relational BACP registered counsellor and therapeutic coach.
I am passionate about equality and diversity and believe in creating an inclusive space where everyone feels welcome. I have experience of counselling a wide range of individuals with a number of issues and from different backgrounds. I am an LGBTQIA+ ally.
My desire to train as a counsellor came from experiencing personal struggles and high sensitivity and anxiety. As a child, I was diagnosed with ADD and as a consequence understand the impact that learning difficulties and disabilities can have. When I am not counselling, I love being creative, active and experiencing the benefits of meditation and connecting with nature to unwind.
Training, qualifications & experience
My experience
In addition to private practice work, I have counselled students online at Durham University and volunteered at The Swan Project in Bristol, an agency that provides trauma-informed therapy for people with complex trauma, loss, and addiction. This has given me the experience of working with a variety of backgrounds, ages, genders, orientations, circumstances and needs. Prior to this, I spent many years living and working in London.
I trained in integrative counselling, which included cognitive behavioural therapy, psychodynamic and humanistic approaches (including transactional analysis, person-centred, Gestalt, existential and transpersonal therapies) as well as creative therapies, ecotherapy, and an understanding of neuroscience.
- Foundation Degree in Integrative Counselling (levels 4 and 5) at the University of Worcester and Iron Mill College
- Certificate in Counselling (level 3) at Iron Mill College
- Introduction to Counselling (level 1) at City Lit College
I regularly undertake CPD days to enhance my skills and keep up to date.
Professional bodies
I am a registered member of the BACP where I adhere to their code of ethics. I am also a member of Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Private Practice (CAPPP) in Bristol and Counsellors Together.
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.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Additional information
Fees
60 minute counselling/coaching session - £50
90 minute coaching session - £60
A 2 hour one off counselling session on a particular issue - £70
Unfortunately, I have no concessionary spaces left.
The consultation
I offer a free initial consultation of 30 minutes where you can ask me questions and see if I am the right counsellor for you and if we can work together. If you wish to start with me.
The first session
This is a chance for us to get to know each other and for you to explore in more detail what is troubling you. I will never take you anywhere you are not ready to go and will check in with you regularly about how you feel therapy is going.
Sessions last 60 minutes.
When I work
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I have a dedicated space which means I can be flexible.
