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Sarah Bates, BACP, NCPS

Credentials
BACP, NCPS
Experience
5 years
Practising in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Sessions
Online only
Client ages
Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefSelf esteem

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Sarah Bates trained and practises as a counsellor in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and has five years of professional experience supporting people through difficult times. Sarah uses clear, straightforward language and a warm manner to help clients feel heard from the first session.

Sarah focuses on everyday problems that can become overwhelming. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship and intimacy concerns, and cope with grief and loss.

Background and approach

She also supports those struggling with mood issues such as depression and bipolar, and people facing work pressures or burnout. In sessions she pays attention to safety and sensitivity when discussing trauma and abuse. Sarah also works with matters like addiction, eating and sleeping difficulties, and challenges connected to parenting and family life.

She includes issues that affect identity, such as LGBT concerns, and areas like ADHD and compassion fatigue. Her style is practical and collaborative. She and the client set goals together and adapt the conversation to what feels most useful.

Sarah aims to break problems into manageable steps and to build everyday strategies that fit a person's life. Sarah invites anyone ready to take a first step to begin with a short matching questionnaire. From there she helps arrange the session format that best suits each person and the practical steps to start therapy.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life

Sarah uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and emotional processing. One approach helps people learn skills to manage overwhelming feelings and anxiety, teaching simple coping strategies and ways to respond differently to stress. Another approach supports working through painful experiences such as trauma and loss by helping clients discuss difficult memories at a manageable pace and build new ways of making sense of what happened.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sarah will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and then agree a way of working together. That collaborative choice is revisited as progress is made so the method can be adjusted if needed.

Online therapy offers flexibility and easier access to care. Video calls provide face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions or live chat can be better for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Text-based messaging works for people who prefer writing or need to fit support into a busy day. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists on this service, use these formats to make therapy fit around life and location.
What issues does Sarah help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, depression and bipolar, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting and family matters, career strain, ADHD and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are practical and collaborative with clear language. Sarah works with clients to set goals and uses steps that fit everyday life.
What experience does she bring?
She has five years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
Sarah holds BACP and NCPS credentials and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions run on a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
5 years
Registered with
BACP, NCPS
Languages
English

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