About me
Sass Boucher MSc PgDip BA (Hons) MBACP (Acccred)
Counsellor and Psychotherapist
Hello,
I am an experienced Counsellor and Psychotherapist working online with adults across the UK. I am qualified, accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and fully insured.
People come to therapy for many different reasons. You may be feeling anxious, overwhelmed, low, stuck, stressed, or unsure of yourself. You may be experiencing relationship difficulties, loss, burnout, low self-esteem, or a sense that something in your life no longer feels sustainable. Sometimes it is harder to name than that. Things may simply feel different, heavier, flatter, or further away than they once did.
I also bring particular experience and ongoing professional interest in supporting helping professionals, people in caring roles, and people affected by domestic and sexual abuse.
Therapy can offer a space to slow things down and begin to make sense of what is happening. It can be a place to speak freely, feel heard, and explore your experiences without being judged, rushed, or told what to do.
The way we work together will be shaped by what you bring and what feels useful. Therapy may offer space to talk, reflect, and be properly heard, and it can also include psychoeducation, resources, strategies, grounding tools, or gentle ways of understanding patterns and making changes. We can work together to find an approach that feels right for you.
My practice is rooted in humanistic and person-centred values. This means I work with respect for you, your experience, and your own capacity for growth and change. I will not tell you who you are or what you should do, but that does not mean therapy has to feel vague or passive.
If you would like to make contact, please use the email button or telephone number above. I will respond as soon as I can so we can talk about whether working together feels like the right next step.
Many thanks,
Sass
Training, qualifications & experience
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- Master of Science (MSc), Counselling Psychology (Course accredited with the BACP)
- Post Graduate Diploma, (PgDip) Counselling Psychology
- Post Graduate Certificate, (PgCert) Counselling Psychology
- Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) Advice Studies
- DipHE – Law and Advice Studies
Further Professional Training
- Understanding Anxiety Depression in CBT
- TA 101 Transactional Analysis
- Mindfulness & Wellbeing for Peak Performance
- PQ Module @ specialist level 'Enabling Work Based Learning' Keele & Staffordshire Social Work Practice Teaching Consortium
- DSC Support & Supervision of Staff
- Interagency Foundation Working Together to Safeguard Children
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I often work with people who are used to being the steady one for others, both at home and in caring professions, and who are carrying the weight of accumulated responsibility, burnout, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma or professional trauma and fatigue.
I also bring focused experience in working with domestic and sexual abuse.
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fee is £60 per 50-minute session.
I offer a limited number of reduced-fee spaces for student counsellors and those working in caring or helping roles, subject to availability. Please feel welcome to get in touch if you would like to discuss this.
Further information
Alongside my clinical work, I contribute to writing and professional dialogue exploring burnout, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and the wider emotional impact of caring roles. My work focuses on how we remain ethical, sustainable and human within helping professions, particularly when experiencing or at risk of professional trauma and fatigue.
I have worked in a range of roles supporting others, including specialising in the domestic abuse sector, as a social work practice educator, and in teaching and training roles with trainee counsellors and other professionals. These experiences continue to inform my therapeutic practice and my understanding of responsibility, exposure to distress, and the realities of supporting others.
