Sarah Holburn
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About me
Hi, I am Sarah Holburn, a fully qualified counsellor working within Surrey and Hampshire.
I aim to provide you with a warm, safe and confidential space to explore what is troubling you. I appreciate that it can be daunting to seek help when life becomes difficult. I am passionate about the benefits of both short and long-term talking therapy to reduce isolation and create lasting change.
I offer a friendly, non-judgemental approach underpinned by professional counselling theory. Together we can explore what is challenging you and work towards positive changes. I work with both adults and young people aged 16+
I have experience in working with a wide variety of issues including general anxiety and social anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, loneliness, relationship problems, chronic and acute illness and disability, work stress and redundancy, traumatic life events, parenting issues, infertility, loss, and bereavement. I currently also work within an NHS talking therapy service (TalkPlus) and with cancer patients and their loved ones through a charity called Momentum. I have a wealth of experience within a variety of counselling settings, including NHS hospital and youth services, victim support and SEND educational provisions.
Please feel free to contact me so that we can have an initial chat about what you need.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BACP Accredited Counsellor
- BSc (Hons) Psychology University of Central Lancashire
- FdSc Counselling University of Greenwich
- NCFE Counselling 1-3 Guildford College
- Counsellor within TalkPlus NHS Talking therapy service (NHUC)
- Counsellor within school and college SEND provision
- Counsellor within NHS, Fountain Centre, Royal Surrey Hospital
- Counsellor Within Surrey NHS Youth Counselling Service
- Educator of students with complex disabilities
- Mental Health First Aid representative
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
Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
