Sarah Bennett
Calm practical support for anxiety and life change
About Sarah
Sarah Bennett helps people cope with stress, anxiety, grief and depression. She also supports people facing relationship strain, parenting pressures, addiction concerns and issues around self-esteem and identity. Sarah uses straightforward techniques to help people feel steadier and more able to manage day-to-day problems.
Sarah trained in counselling beginning in Sydney in 2009 and later completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and a University Certificate in Counselling validated by Manchester Metropolitan University.
Background and approach
She is an accredited member of the National Counselling Society, shown as NCPS, and has built over 11 years of practice experience. Her style is warm and person-centred. Sessions focus on the person in front of her, not a set formula.
She offers practical tools like relaxation and breathing work and introduces approaches such as cognitive behavioural ideas and mindfulness when these suit the person’s needs. Sarah has worked with young people in college and school settings and supported people through bereavement at a local charity.
That background informs her ability to listen to different kinds of loss and life change without rushing to solutions. She provides therapy in the United Kingdom and runs online sessions alongside in-person work. Appointments can be by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Sarah encourages a collaborative approach where suggestions are offered as options to try, not as rules to follow. Outside of work she spends time with family and her dog Leo. Her practice aims to help people find their own answers and move toward greater calm and clarity.
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Sessions & fees
Approaches and online therapy options
Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience first and focuses on listening, empathy and helping people find their own answers. It is useful for those who want a supportive space to think things through and regain confidence.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It offers practical strategies for anxiety, depression and stress such as identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavioural changes.
Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple attention and breathing practices to reduce rumination and increase calm. These practices can be paired with other approaches to help with sleep, worry and emotion regulation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and preferences and then suggest methods to try. Choices are discussed collaboratively and adapted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions suit people who prefer not to use video or have limited bandwidth. Live chat and text options can fit quick check-ins, short reflections between sessions or for people who find written communication easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep continuity of care when travel or time is a barrier.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English