Sarah Greenwood, BACP
Compassionate counsellor who listens and helps navigate change
Details
| Name | Sarah Greenwood |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 17 |
About Sarah
Sarah Greenwood is a counsellor with 17 years of practice in the United Kingdom. She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and offers calm, respectful sessions for people facing emotional strain. Her manner is warm and down-to-earth and she invites honest conversation about what is causing pain or worry.
Sarah helps people who feel anxious, depressed, overwhelmed, or disconnected. She also supports those struggling with trauma, addiction, sleep or eating difficulties, and issues around identity and relationships.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make difficult feelings easier to talk about and to find small, practical ways forward. Her approach pulls from narrative ideas alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to suit each person. She draws on attachment-based and client-centred ways of working too, tailoring conversations to the person in front of her.
The emphasis is on understanding your story and testing new ways of responding to problems. Sarah has worked across public and personal settings during her career and keeps up with ongoing professional development. She holds a BACP registration and meets regularly with a supervisor as part of her practice.
This background feeds into steady, thoughtful support during sessions. Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to Sarah's availability via the Start Therapy button.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem among the things Sarah works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Hypnotherapy: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Imago Relationship Therapy: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Sarah among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Sarah directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Sarah directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and practical approaches work online
Sarah combines Narrative Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centred ideas to shape online work. Narrative Therapy helps you make sense of life events by separating you from the problems you face and looking at the stories that hold those problems in place. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, focuses on noticing painful thoughts and feelings while clarifying what matters to you and taking small actions in that direction. Client-centred practice keeps the focus on your experience, listening without judgement and following your pace.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Sarah will discuss ways of working early on and adapt methods to fit your needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process that can change over time as you try things and reflect on what helps.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls let you see facial cues and use shared materials during a session. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier to fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and step-by-step coaching possible between calls. Together these options give flexibility so therapy can fit around work, family life and other commitments while keeping the focus on progress.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of issues can I bring to sessions?
Sarah works with concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, stress and burnout, addictions, self-esteem, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, anger, career changes and ADHD among others.
How would you describe Sarah's therapeutic style?
Her manner is warm, empathic and down-to-earth. She combines narrative approaches with ACT, CBT, attachment and client-centred methods to help you tell and reframe your story while trying practical steps in daily life.
What is her professional background?
She has worked for 17 years across public and personal settings. Sarah engages in continuing professional development and meets with a supervisor as part of ongoing practice standards.
Where does she practise and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Can I have sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are online or remote session formats available?
Yes. Sessions may be arranged by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits you best.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with Sarah?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Contacting this therapist
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