About me
If you're struggling to think straight or to control troubling emotions or impulses, you might like to try IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapy. Currently the fastest growing therapy worldwide, there are good reasons why so many people are using it to find relief from anxiety, depression and grief, as well as problematic behaviours such as addiction and anger. If you'd like to regain an easy sense of control over your whole system, and begin to live with more ease, please contact me for a free conversation to find out how IFS can help you.
Individuals and couples welcome. Please note that I do not see children in my current practice.
EXPERIENCE
I am an experienced Integrative and IFS therapist, couples counsellor and accredited clinical supervisor, seeing clients and supervisees both online and in person in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (UK).
Since training in integrative psychotherapy from 2011, I went on to study IFS through Levels 1-3, undergoing in-person training with Richard Schwartz, Frank Anderson and Cece Sykes via the IFS Institute in 2018-2019. I have also trained in neuroscience and Interpersonal Neurobiology with the Mindsight Institute, California and in couples work with The Gottman Institute, Seattle and The Relational Life Institute, Massachusetts.
I am a registered, accredited member of UK Council of Psychotherapy (UKCP) as both a psychotherapeutic counsellor and clinical supervisor, and a member of The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
PUBLICATIONS
I have written and contributed to several books, including What Would Freud Do? (translated into 14 languages), Instant Psychology (2020), and The Sociology Book (2015).
If you would like to arrange an initial appointment, please email me at sarahtomley@icloud.com. You can also find out more from my website: https://www.sarahtomley.com.
Training, qualifications & experience
2026 Couples Therapy with The Relational Life Institute (Massachusetts)
2025 Therapy with Neurodivergent Clients (IFS Institute, California)
2023 Diploma in Integrative Supervision (Northern Guild, UKCP)
2021 IFS Couples training: Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO)
2021 Clinical Supervision Certificate in Integrative Supervision (Northern Guild, UKCP)
2019 Level 3 training in IFS (Internal Family Systems)
2018 Levels 1 and 2 training in IFS (internal Family Systems)
BSc in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Matrix College of Counselling
BA in Philosophy & Literature, University of Warwick
Ascentis and Cruse accreditation in Bereavement Care, 2014
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
multi-generational issues, men's issues
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My regular fee for individual IFS therapy is £70.00 per hour, couples £110.00 for a 75-minute session.
I do have a number of concessionary places available – please ask if you are a student, senior citizen, or if you are experiencing financial difficulties.
When I work
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Further information
I am currently based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, having previously lived and worked in Suffolk where I ran a successful clinical practice for around 15 years.
My counselling room - both online and in the physical world - offers a safe, confidential place in which to explore any issues that may be troubling you. There is plenty of parking nearby and the area is easily reached by public transport.
