Sarah McCormick
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Hi, I’m Sarah, I offer face-to-face therapy for individuals and couples in Hale and Didsbury, or online or by phone to clients nationwide.
I'm qualified to Masters level and I use a tailored approach to work with adults and couples across a broad range of issues, though I specialise in relationships.
Please get in touch for a free 15 minute initial phone consultation.
Why you might be thinking of counselling..
- Are relationship issues causing you anxiety?
- Have you drifted apart?
- Finding it hard to communicate?
- Wanting things to go back to how they used to be?
- Unsure if to stay or leave?
- Perhaps there's an affair?
- Struggling with your feelings around the end of a relationship?
- Are you seeking support around separation and divorce?
- Wanting to have a 'positive parting'?
- Needing support with parenting?
- Starting to think about moving on and new relationships?
- Finding dating really hard?
I can help you make sense of what's going on and help you to find the clarity you need to start feeling better again.
It’s very natural to feel worried, down, confused and frustrated at some time in our lives, most of us do. The stresses and challenges of modern life can simply become too much. When your thoughts, feelings and behaviours start to affect your life and relationships with those around you, it may be time to consider getting help to make sense of what’s going on. I will work with you to gain the insight and clarity to find a positive way forward.
My focus is relationships..
My interest is relationships; whether with ourselves, a partner/spouse, our parents or children.
If you are experiencing relationship issues I will work with you individually or as a couple to give you a greater understanding of your relationship dynamics and to teach you how to communicate in a healthy, effective and secure way. Together we look at the ways you relate to the other and we untangle negative or stuck patterns of behaviour.
I often work with couples and individuals who are experiencing relationship issues and who are seeking clarity around difficult decisions about the future.
I guide clients through the process of relationships ending and then moving on from separation or divorce. I work with clients who are navigating the often daunting process of dating and forming new relationships after the end of a long relationship.
Relationship satisfaction has a profound effect on our wellbeing and ability to flourish in life. I use a combination of therapeutic approaches tailored to your needs, to support you in finding ways to overcome relationship challenges and become more contented.
My approach..
I tailor my approach to your needs and I adapt it as necessary so that I am always supporting you in the best way possible. I use a combination of counselling approaches including positive psychology and behavioural tools and strategies to show you how to work towards achieving the change you desire.
A little about my prior experience..
I have a rich and varied life and work experience which helps me to understand and connect with my clients. I have enjoyed careers in the corporate sector, the NHS as a midwife as well as a therapist, and in education as a secondary school teacher.
I understand the particular demands of the health and education sectors and am particularly happy to support those working within these sectors.
Please do get in touch..
I am warm and empathetic, and clients have described me as calm, compassionate and understanding. I aim to make you feel at ease quickly and offer you a safe supportive space to unload your concerns which together we will untangle, understand and find the way ahead.
It's important to find a counsellor who is the right fit for you, please do get in touch for a complimentary intro consultation so that we can see how we might work together and how I can guide you towards the changes you seek.
I currently have both daytime and evening availability at my rooms in Hale and Didsbury..
Training, qualifications & experience
MSc Degree in Counselling & Positive Psychology
MBACP and MNCPS (Accred.)
Couples Counselling Certificate
Working With Couples: Dealing With Affairs Certificate
Training in Working with Sex Addiction, Couples and Individuals
Working Successfully with Men in Therapy Certificate
Certificate in Online & Telephone Counselling
Mental Health First Aid Certificate
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Certificate
PGCE in Secondary Education 11-18 years and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
DipHE in Midwifery
BSc Hons Information Technology
In addition to my work in private practice, I currently work as a counsellor in the NHS in a hospital ward providing counselling to young people and families. I have also worked as a counsellor for a group of GP practices and with an NHS Trust providing counselling to staff.
In these roles I have gained a broad experience of counselling clients with issues including depression and anxiety; grief and loss; relationship issues including communication issues, contemplating divorce and post-divorce/separation and co-parenting/children issues; parenting; domestic abuse; postnatal depression and birth trauma; infertility; self-esteem and confidence issues; life transitions and changes; existential fear/life meaning; social isolation; self-harm; eating disorders.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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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
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This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Moving on from separation and divorce
- Navigating dating and new relationships particularly after the end of a long relationship
- Sex addiction/ compulsive sexual behaviour - I also work with partners
- Mid-life issues, life transitions, existential worries - 'is this it?' 'there must be something more' thoughts
- Workplace issues, particularly difficult workplace cultures eg. the NHS
- Pregnancy and birth anxiety, birth trauma, postnatal depression, transition to becoming a parent
- Menopause and women's health issues
- Parenting difficulties, Co-parenting issues, Blended families
Therapies offered
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Fees
From £75.00
Free initial telephone session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Fees:
Initial 15 minute phone consultation - free of charge
Individual counselling per one hour session
daytime before 6.00pm £75
evening after 6.00pm £95
Couples counselling per one hour session
daytime before 6.00pm £95
evening after 6.00pm £125
I am sometimes able to offer short notice 'Couples SOS' sessions or bespoke couples intensives, these are priced individually, please ask for details if this is your situation.
I am a registered provider with WPA private medical insurance and also with the Onebright Network which covers other insurers and workplace counselling schemes.
When I work
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I have daytime and evening availability for new clients.
Regular session times are Monday-Thursday.
I sometimes have weekend availability for couples intensives or couples in crisis.
Further information
I work in person from my own private therapy room within a beautiful period mansion house building in Didsbury.
The building is very discreetly located in a tranquil green setting on the edge of The Towers Business Park, off Wilmslow Road just outside Didsbury Village. This location is easily reached from the north and south by the A34, and is just minutes from the the motorway junctions of the M56 and M60. I have designated private parking for clients.
Public transport links are close by with East Didsbury rail and tram stations less than a 10 minute walk, and frequent buses to and from the city centre and beyond pass along the main road at the top of the drive.
In Hale I work as part of a group practice of professional therapists in spacious, comfortable and private therapy rooms at the Hale Village Therapy Centre, in the heart of Hale village close to Altrincham in South Manchester.
