Sarah Semper
Practical, creative support for stress and relationships
About Sarah
Sarah Semper helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship and intimacy issues, and worries about self‑esteem. She also supports those coping with grief, trauma and abuse, changes in life circumstances, parenting pressures and LGBT‑related concerns. Sarah’s style aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for everyday life.
She uses a mix of discussion, practical techniques and gentle exploration of feelings. Sessions often include exercises to notice unhelpful thoughts, try new ways of communicating, and build steadier emotional responses.
Background and approach
Creative activities such as drawing or imagery are sometimes used alongside talking where that feels useful. Sarah trained as a counsellor and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
She has worked in the UK for 14 years and brings experience with a wide range of difficulties including attachment and abandonment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, chronic illness and pain, and caregiver stress. People describe her approach as warm and down‑to‑earth, focusing on what can be changed here and now.
She aims to help people notice small shifts that make daily life easier and more manageable. Therapy is framed around the person's pace and priorities. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps, along with space to process painful memories or uncertain feelings.
Over time the work aims to strengthen a person's sense of self and capacity to manage relationship patterns, emotional triggers and life transitions.
What Sarah works with
How Sarah works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches you can try online
Attachment‑based work looks at how early relationships shape how people connect now. It helps with fears of abandonment, trust issues and building closer bonds. Client‑centred therapy focuses on listening and helping people find their own answers; it suits those who need space to explore feelings without pressure. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, uses short practical exercises to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and can be useful for anxiety, low mood and stress.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try different ways of working and adjust methods to fit the person's needs and preferences. This helps people find an approach that feels comfortable and effective rather than forcing one method from the start.
Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone conversations, live chat or text messaging. Video calls work well when face‑to‑face contact helps the work, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or messaging suits quick check‑ins, reflective notes or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
| 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
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
