Sarah Guy
Practical, empathetic counselling for life changes
About Sarah
Sarah Guy is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 12 years of experience. She has spent thousands of hours working with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, loss and life changes. Sarah speaks English and brings a calm, down-to-earth approach to sessions.
She believes clients know their own story and that therapy is a collaborative process. Sessions aim to help people make sense of painful events, build on existing strengths and find practical ways to cope day to day.
Background and approach
Sarah supports people dealing with grief, LGBT issues, and the aftermath of abuse as well as those facing uncertainty due to illness or caregiving demands. Her background includes roles in hospice care, a cancer centre and a relationship agency, alongside independent practice work. She also provides clinical supervision to other counsellors, helping them reflect on their work and develop their skills.
This variety informs a broad, experience-based outlook. Sarah works in an integrative way, drawing on different evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapting them to each person's needs. She is described as warm and empathic, and keeps her style straightforward and practical.
Clients may notice a relaxed atmosphere in sessions and, sometimes, the friendly interruption of her cockapoo on camera. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What Sarah works with
Sessions & fees
How Sarah adapts evidence-based approaches for online work
Sarah practises using a few evidence-based approaches adapted to online formats. One common strand focuses on practical coping skills - learning small, repeatable strategies to reduce anxiety and manage stress in daily life. This helps people who need clear tools they can use between sessions. Another strand addresses processing loss and trauma by gently making sense of painful memories and feelings while building ways to feel safer and more stable in the present.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sarah will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That collaborative process aims to match methods to the person's needs, pace and preferences rather than imposing a single model.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video allows for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can suit short check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or health demands while keeping the focus on consistent, useful therapeutic work.
| 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
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Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
