Sarah Bernard Counselling

About

I am a fully qualified and experienced counsellor, registered with the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). During the Covid-19 pandemic I am seeing clients online and by telephone. Current clients report that online counselling is working well for them.

There are times in life when we all need support. By creating a safe, containing environment I enable clients to process tough emotions and come to terms with them. Normalising difficult feelings and finding healthy ways to express them is particularly beneficial for building resilience and moving forward.

Therapy sessions are confidential. This means that you can talk about things you might not feel able to discuss with anyone else, in a safe environment, knowing you will not be judged. As your therapist, I will aim to help you find better ways to cope and bring about changes to improve your mental and emotional wellbeing.

Areas I can help with include anxiety, generalised anxiety disorder, depression, feeling sad, panic attacks, low self-esteem, and family issues. I am an experienced bereavement counsellor and worked for a number of years supporting bereaved family members, of all ages, in a hospice setting.

As an integrative therapist, I use different techniques from a range of therapeutic models to suit each client and their individual circumstances. This model allows me to respond to you in a way that will best fit your needs and empower you to process even the most challenging emotions. Listening to your questions and beliefs about counselling at the outset is crucial as it will enable us to form a trusting relationship which forms the basis for positive therapeutic work.

I also have extensive experience supporting children and young people as I worked as a counsellor in a primary school for a number of years. During that time, I provided mental health support for children and young people dealing with a wide range of issues like depression, anxiety, bereavement and loneliness that can arise for many reasons including family separation, emotional neglect and abuse, domestic violence, and the loss of a loved one.

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