Sarah Oak
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About me
Hello, I’m Sarah. Thank you for clicking onto my profile.
I know how challenging life is, especially right now. We have so much to deal with and we face so many demands, every single day. I'm also aware of how overwhelming searching for a Therapist/Counsellor is ....so many to look through! Let me tell you a little about me and the way I work, so you can consider if I might be the right fit for you.
A safe space to be yourself & speak openly - I offer a warm, non-judgemental and confidential space and will work with you to make positive changes in your life. I offer my wholehearted support, empathy and understanding in order to help you re-connect with yourself and your inner strengths to find your way forward.
Whether you are looking for a space to gain self-discovery & awareness, personal growth & development, emotional support for the stresses of life, post trauma healing & recovery, coping strategies or coaching & solution focus, I will tailor the therapeutic work to meet your needs.
I am a BACP Accredited & NCPS Senior Accredited Integrative & Trauma Informed Psychotherapist, Counsellor & Therapeutic Coach who is also Neurodivergence aware. With extensive experience in working successfully with clients in areas including anxiety & panic, grief & loss, trauma & recovery, low mood & depression, family problems, people pleasing, positive communication & assertiveness, work stress, burnout and surviving physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and violence, I draw upon a number of techniques and models to suit each individual client.
Specialism - I have a particular interest in empowering women and supporting them to navigate their way through challenging and sometimes very difficult life transitions including changes in health & body matters, perimenopause and menopause, pregnancy, termination, miscarriage & baby loss, setting healthy boundaries, living independently, starting college/uni/employment, career shifts, separation and divorce, empty nesting, caring for loved ones/elderly parents and retirement.
Alongside my counselling work, I am also available as a Clinical Supervisor. I offer supervision to counsellors at all stages of their career, as well as supervising other professionals in various front line & caring professions.
Please take a look at my Supervisor profile and visit my website for further details and information on all the services I offer - www.sarahoaktherapy.co.uk
Session Formats:-
Zoom Video & Telephone Sessions - £50 per session - Following the pandemic, the majority of my work is undertaken remotely, by Zoom video or telephone calls, as more and more people are choosing to engage in this way. Online and telephone counselling is just as effective as the traditional face-to-face sessions and I provide the same level of professional service in whichever format is used.
Video/Telephone counselling sessions can offer you the ability to undertake counselling in the comfort of your own home, avoid the additional time and cost of travel to and from sessions and is particularly beneficial for individuals who are unable to physically access an office or who have a time limited schedule.
Video counselling sessions are fully encrypted on Zoom, which means our meetings are safe and secure online. All you will need is a device to click on the Zoom link which will be provided via email; this can be a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop or pc, and a private space where you will not be disturbed. Video/Telephone Sessions are available on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays (daytime only, no evenings).
Face-to-Face Sessions (Wednesdays Only) - £65 per session - I offer a limited number of face-to-face sessions based in Milton Keynes **I'm afraid I do not have any current availability for face to face sessions right now, very sorry**
Walk & Talk/Eco Therapy - £50 per Session - Sometimes, it may be uncomfortable or difficult to be seated for a counselling session if health issues are a concern. Or you may be looking for an alternative environment to help stimulate thoughts and creativity.
Therefore, I also offer 'Walk & Talk Therapy', which brings together the traditional talking therapy with the energy of walking, side by side at a pace that suits you. Research shows that exercise can have a significant and positive impact on stress, anxiety and depression, whilst improving overall mood. In addition, connecting with nature and being outdoors can be meditative and enrich reflection. Walk & Talk sessions can offer a new dynamic to get you moving, enhance your emotional well-being as well your physical health.
You are not alone - I would very much like to hear from you, so please make contact to arrange a free 20-30 minute consultation where we can begin to get to know each other and take it from there. Thank you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- NCFE Certificate in Therapeutic Coaching
- Post Qualification Advanced Supervisor Training in Supervising Groups & Supervisors
- OCN Accredited Certificate in Counselling Supervision
- Advanced Post Diploma Certificate in Person Centred Couples Counselling
- CPCAB Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Therapeutic Counselling
- CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
- CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Diploma in Substance Abuse and Drug Awareness
Further Training
- Self-Care Through The Menopause
- Preventing Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Trauma & Burnout
- Child Protection & Safeguarding Procedures in Schools
- Dissociation & Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
- Neurodivergence Awareness in Couples Counselling
- Dealing With Disorganised Attachment
- Baby Loss & Pregnancy After Loss
- Infertility - Hope & Hopelessness
- Family Matters - Couples Counselling
- Supporting Bereaved Children & Young People
- Coping with Separation, Divorce & Death
- Working With Grief & Loss
- Positive Steps to Emotional Wellbeing & Self-Care
- Managing Strong Emotions: Controlling Anger
- Pre-Trial Therapy (Following New AG Guidelines 2022)
- The Survivors Trust Advocacy Programme
- Working with Survivors of Sexual Violence
- Supporting Survivors of Trauma & Abuse
- Working with Relational Trauma
- Mindfulness & Somatic Awareness
- Trauma & The Body
- Working with Survivors of Child Sex Abuse
- Herman's Three Stage Trauma Model - Trauma & Recovery
- Supporting Parents to Cope With Self-Harm in Young People/Children
- Working with Suicide & Self Harm
- Difference & Diversity: Learning From The Client
- Understanding & Treating Depression
- Attachment Behaviours & Patterns
- Shame Vs Self-Compassion
- Bereavement & Loss
- Helping Health Anxiety
- Working with Autism & Neurodivergence
- Engaging with Older Clients
- Understanding Anxiety & Managing Panic Attacks
- Counselling Remotely - Telephone & Online
- MKSCB Child Protection
- Healthy Relationships: Who's In Charge?
- Responding to Domestic Abuse
- Mood & Food
- Eating Difficulties & Disorders
- Working With BPD
- Living with Addiction & MH Disorders
- Working with Children in Social Care Settings
- Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults
- Supporting Patients Living with Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs)
- Motivational Interviewing & Positive Psychology
- RCGP Management of Drug Misuse Treatment in a Secure Environment
- RCGP Drug Treatment Planning & Harm Reduction
- Control Of Violence for Angry Impulsive Drinkers
- Emergency MH First Aid in the Workplace
- Auricular Acupuncture
- GDPR: Protecting Data & Personal Information in Private Practice
- Safer Injecting & Minimising Risk
- Counselling Assessment Referral Advice & Through-care
- Critical Incident Debrief Facilitation
- Group Facilitation & Programme Delivery
Membership
I am an Accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and a Senior Accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). I adhere to their code of ethics to ensure safe and ethical practice.
I hold a current, enhanced DBS (formally CRB) certificate and I am registered with the Information Commissioner's Office.
I am also a member of the Person Centred Association.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
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In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
- Loss of a loved one by suicide
- Survivor Guilt
- Adjustment to Change & Transition
- Surviving Coercive Control & Abuse
- Managing Communication Difficulties
- Setting Personal Boundaries & Assertiveness
- Saying "No More" to People Pleasing
- Moral Distress & Moral Injury
- Supporting survivors of rape, sexual assault and sexual violence
- Acute Trauma, PTSD
- Complex Trauma, Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
- Facing mortality
- Codependency
- Supporters of Substance Users
- Personal Development & Career Coaching
- Working Creatively; using materials to facilitate therapeutic work
- Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Traumatic Stress & Compassion Fatigue
- Critical Incident Debrief Facilitator
- Non Managerial Supervision / Consultative Supervision
- Clinical Supervision - As an experienced and approved BACP Accredited & NCPS Snr. Accredited Supervisor, I provide supervision to experienced, newly qualified and trainee counsellors, as well as Coaches & fellow Supervisors and others working within the caring profession (please see my Supervisor profile or visit my website www.sarahoaktherapy.co.uk for further details).
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Individual Counselling (Adults Age 18+ only) - In order to decide if we could work well together, I offer a free 20-30 minute telephone or zoom video consultation to discuss your needs and how we may be able to work together.
Session Fees:
Remote Sessions (Zoom or Telephone) = £50.00 per session
Concessions available to Counsellors in Training seeking remote personal therapy sessions
Walk & Talk / Eco Therapy = £50 per session
Face-to-Face Sessions, in person = £65.00 per session (Wednesdays Only)
I offer daytime appointments - I'm afraid I do not have any evening session availability, very sorry.
Payments to be made by way of bank transfer ahead of each session. Unfortunately, cancellations made within 48 hours will incur a fee.
When I work
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Further information
Therapy Schedules: I work in an open ended way and can provide short-term intervention or long-term counselling. Counselling sessions may be held weekly, on the same day and at the same time each week or booked on a flexible basis to accommodate shift work etc.
Location: I offer face to face counselling sessions based in Milton Keynes (Limited Availability on Wednesdays Only).
Remote Sessions - Online & Telephone: Sessions available on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays.
I offer daytime appointments - I do not offer evening session times, very sorry.
If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to email me with your questions - enquiries@sarahoaktherapy.co.uk (please check your junk/spam file for a reply, thank you).
Thank you for reading my profile and I hope to hear from you soon.
