Sarah Ryan
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About me
I’m Sarah Ryan, an experienced BACP registered therapist. I provide a supportive, non-judgmental space for your journey of self-discovery and healing.
Using an integrative approach, I draw from various therapeutic modalities to meet your unique needs. Whether you are facing specific challenges or simply seeking a space to explore your thoughts and feelings, I offer a professional environment for meaningful and effective therapeutic work.
I’m Sarah Ryan, a fully qualified BACP-registered psychotherapist with over 10 years of experience helping individuals explore, heal, and move forward into fulfilling, authentic lives.
You may be exploring therapy for a variety of reasons - perhaps you’re facing uncertainty about your next steps in life or navigating a challenging experience. Therapy offers a space to reflect, gain clarity, and work toward meaningful change. Whether you’re dealing with something specific or simply looking to understand yourself better, I provide a supportive, professional environment tailored to your needs.
Over the years, I’ve worked with a diverse range of clients, from teenagers navigating academic pressures to individuals in their 80s reflecting on life transitions. My practice supports people through challenges such as:
• Grief, including the profound loss of a child
• Trauma, including experiences of rape, child abuse, and narcissistic relationships
• Complex PTSD and cumulative trauma
• Anxiety and eating disorders
• Mental health diagnoses, such as bipolar disorder
• Attachment difficulties and relational challenges
• Neurodiversity, including ADHD and autism diagnoses
• Career uncertainty or struggles with academic pressures, including A-levels
• Divorce and navigating significant life changes.
I’ve also supported highly sensitive individuals and those who may not know why they’re struggling, walking alongside them to uncover and address the root causes of their challenges.
As a trauma-informed therapist with integrative training, I draw on a range of approaches to meet your needs. This includes psychodynamic principles, inner child healing, and somatic awareness, combined with insights from neuroscience and consciousness studies. My approach is collaborative and deeply client-centred, ensuring that we work together to create a process that feels right for you. I draw from various therapeutic modalities, including cognitive-behavioural therapy, mindfulness-based practices, person-centred, transpersonal and psychodynamic principles. By combining these techniques, I strive to create a personalised roadmap that addresses the interconnected aspects of your mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
As a trauma-informed therapist, I understand the profound impact that adverse experiences can have on an individual's nervous system and life. With empathy and expertise, I aim to provide a supportive environment where you can process and heal from past traumas, ultimately reclaiming your sense of empowerment and resilience.
As an experienced therapist, one area I'm particularly passionate about exploring is how our attachment styles developed in childhood can influence various aspects of our adult lives. Whether it's relationship patterns, addictive tendencies, or the way we show up in the world, our early attachment experiences leave an indelible mark.
About me and my therapy practice
Through our work together, I can help you identify your predominant attachment style and understand how it may be contributing to challenges or roadblocks you're facing. With this awareness, we can then explore ways to develop more secure relating patterns that allow you to show up as your authentic self in all areas of your life.
My goal is to guide you in breaking through long-standing patterns that may be holding you back from living a truly fulfilling and authentic life. Together, we'll work on replacing unhealthy coping mechanisms with more positive strategies that align with your core values and desires. This journey of self-discovery can be transformative, empowering you to cultivate deeper connections, achieve greater emotional freedom, and embrace your truest self.
As a neurodiversity-affirming therapist, I strive to create an inclusive and accommodating environment for neurodivergent clients.
An integral part of my therapeutic approach involves inner child healing work. I believe that many of our core wounds and limiting beliefs stem from unresolved experiences in childhood. By compassionately exploring and reparenting our inner child selves, we can begin to heal deep-rooted patterns and reclaim our innate sense of worthiness. This powerful process can be profoundly transformative, helping you cultivate self-love, set healthy boundaries, and step into your full authentic power.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
Masters Level Post Graduate Diploma (PGDip), Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Roehampton University
MBACP
Post Graduate Certificate, Education, Cambridge University
Professional Experience:
NHS counsellor GP practice London
Bereavement counselling (Local authority council service)
Rape and Sexual Abuse Service
Private Practice
CPD Training:
The Neurobiology of Attachment
Positive Outcomes for Dissociative Survivors
Mental Health and the Body – Treating Trauma
Working with Trauma
The Artist's Way, workshop with Julia Cameron
Loss & Bereavement Awareness for Therapists, Cruse
Specialties:
Complex developmental trauma
Childhood trauma
Grief and loss
Attachment wounds
Self-esteem and personal growth
Coping with life changes
Neurodiversity
Consciousness-raising and intentional living
Spiritual and transpersonal perspectives
Clinical Approaches:
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Parts Approach
Attachment-Based Therapy
Client-Centered Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Mindfulness and consciousness-based practices
Integrative spiritual and transpersonal perspectives
Integrating Consciousness-Raising and Intentional Living:
My therapeutic approach is deeply rooted in the belief that raising consciousness and living intentionally are key to personal growth and healing. Drawing from integrative psychotherapy, which affirms the inherent value of each individual, I incorporate elements that address the spiritual dimension of life.
By exploring unconscious thoughts, behaviours, and patterns, we bring them into conscious awareness, empowering you to make deliberate choices that align with your true self and values. This holistic approach fosters a more authentic and fulfilling life, enabling you to live with greater purpose and self-awareness.
Ethical practice: I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (MBACP) and abide by its ethical guidelines. You can read more about these guidelines on these web pages. I am fully insured.
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
When I work
I currently have limited availability for online sessions only.
