We teach people that they upset themselves. We can’t change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today. — Albert Ellis
About me
I am a qualified counsellor and cognitive behavioural therapist with many years’ experience working in voluntary, educational, public and private sectors. These include The Priory at Ticehurst, various Barnardo's projects in Tunbridge Wells, a local grammar school and Fegans, a charity providing low-cost counselling to families, couples and individuals. I am currently working at The Priory Hospital Brighton and Hove as a CBT therapist with individual clients as well as facilitating CBT groups.
I am an approved Wellbeing and Associate counsellor for healthcare providers including BUPA, Cigna and Validium. Please enquire about this on initial contact if you require further information.
I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and a UKRC Registered Independent Practitioner. My counselling work is clinically supervised to the required standards and I hold public liability and professional indemnity insurance.
I provide counselling to adults and adolescents. I am experienced in counselling adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and trauma. My CBT training enables me to deal effectively with depression and anxiety such as panic attacks, social anxiety and phobias.
Qualifications
2010 Certificate in child-focused systemic practice, YMCA, Hove
2008 Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Goldsmiths University, London
2008 Licensed and registered supported lodgings provider for Barnardo’s
2003 Advanced diploma in person-centred counselling, West Kent College, Tonbridge
Testimonials
“CBT is excellent … makes the difference between a therapy that is all about talking and one that is all about applying that talking’s findings to one’s everyday life. The whole process is making me feel whole and healthy for the first time in my life.” — Female, 42 years old
“The CBT sessions have helped me to develop resilience against negative thoughts about myself. I have been able to move on from disabling anxiety because of the supportive counselling I am receiving. The sessions are a safe haven and have helped me regain my self confidence.” — Male, 49 years old
“My therapy allowed me to think on a deeper level about why I have a problem and how it originally started which helped me to understand my illness more. I can honestly say, without my therapy, my life would be different and I can’t thank Sarah enough for how she has helped me through the dark stages in my life.” — Female, 16 years old
“What was most helpful about my sessions was understanding how I saw myself in the world. This gave me the opportunity to ‘see’ from a different viewpoint, thereby unlocking my ‘self’ to believe that I could and can live today, not as I had been, wrongly accepting that life was a fixed cycle. Even if I cannot change my history, I can change the way my history is allowed to affect me today.” — Male, 56 years old