Sarah Lacey
Short, practical therapy for stress and anxiety
About Sarah
Sarah Lacey works in the United Kingdom and draws on person-centred and evidence-based approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety and low mood. She is a BACP counsellor with 22 years of experience and focuses on practical steps that can be used between sessions. Sarah writes simply and directly to make therapy feel manageable for someone taking a first step.
She helps people who are dealing with generalised anxiety, workplace stress, grief and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
Sessions include reflection on strengths and clear strategies to tackle unhelpful patterns. Sarah also offers coaching-style support for people wanting short-term, goal-focused work. Her approach combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques.
That mix aims to help people notice difficult thoughts, choose helpful actions and build day-to-day coping skills. Sarah explains ideas plainly so they can be tried out in real life. Sessions are offered during weekday daytimes and are structured to be practical and time-efficient.
She offers short courses of therapy when that fits the person’s goals, and discusses pacing and next steps together. Sarah asks people to be on time for appointments and allows a short grace period if needed. She invites anyone who is ready to begin to use the service start pathway and complete the short matching questionnaire to find a suitable appointment time.
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Sessions & fees
How Sarah’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small committed actions that make daily life more meaningful and manageable. Client-Centred Therapy gives space for people to be listened to deeply and to find their own solutions through empathic reflection and gentle guidance. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and provides practical exercises to challenge unhelpful patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Sarah will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit the person’s situation. Together they decide what feels most useful and adjust the plan as therapy progresses to keep it practical and goal-focused.
Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls suit conversations that benefit from face-to-face contact, phone works well when video is not possible, live chat offers a real-time typed conversation and messaging can be used for brief check-ins or exercises. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and daily life while still keeping a steady course of support.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| 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
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Grief
- Relationship issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
