About Sarah
Sarah Willcocks is a Person-Centred counsellor with 14 years of professional experience. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and follows the organisation's ethical framework. She offers a warm, respectful approach and aims to help people take the first steps towards change.
Sarah works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression and bipolar mood issues. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
Relationship and intimacy-related worries, career stress and major life changes are other areas she addresses. Her way of working is collaborative and client-led. Sarah aims to be honest and non-judgemental while letting each person set the pace.
Sessions tend to focus on the client's priorities and what they want to change or understand. She uses person-centred principles alongside solution-focused techniques and motivational interviewing. That might mean concentrating on practical steps one session and on listening and reflection in the next.
The aim is to match what happens in the room to the person's needs. Sarah has particular experience supporting people through bereavement, traumatic loss and post-traumatic stress symptoms. She has also worked with people who have experienced childhood and adult trauma, and with those given personality disorder or bipolar diagnoses.
Her practice is in the United Kingdom and she provides therapy in English.
What Sarah works with
Everything Sarah lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Sarah is listed here; the rest shows what else Sarah works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Cancer
- Commitment issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sarah lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Sarah’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and acceptance. The counsellor offers honest, non-judgemental presence and lets the client guide the pace and topics. This style can help people who need space to make sense of loss, trauma or difficult feelings.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, practical steps and on what people want to achieve. Sessions often look for existing strengths and build short-term goals, which can suit people wanting clear actions for stress, career decisions or coping with life changes.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or uncertain about change. It uses open questions and reflective listening to increase motivation and resolve mixed feelings about issues such as addiction or behaviour change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs, and suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted over time to fit shifting priorities.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available formats before booking. Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions around work and family life, reduces travel time and makes it easier to keep regular appointments. It can also allow quieter or shorter check-ins when that suits a person’s schedule.
Questions people ask about Sarah
What concerns does Sarah help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression and bipolar mood issues. She also helps with grief, trauma, addictions and relationship or intimacy worries.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Sarah uses a warm, interactive and non-judgemental approach. Sessions are client-led so people set the pace and focus of the work.
What is her professional background?
She has 14 years of professional experience working with bereavement, traumatic loss, PTSD and a range of mood and trauma-related issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is listed as accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current options before booking.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start therapy with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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