Sarah Barron

I am available Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the daytime and evenings. 

A warm welcome to my listing here. I would like to offer you a confidential, non judgemental and supportive space to explore what is troubling you.

I am an experienced psychotherapeutic counsellor with a BA university degree in Integrative Relational Counselling.  Integrative means I have studied different therapeutic approaches so I can tailor the therapy to fit your individual needs.  Relational means I believe that humans are relational beings, and I will be interested in your relationships, both with yourself and with other people in your life.

I work with people from 18 years old and above.

How are you feeling? You might be feeling frightened and anxious, sad and depressed, overwhelmed and struggling to cope, hopeless, stuck, angry and frustrated, suffering with bereavement and loss - you might be having difficulties in your relationships and/or suffering from experiences of childhood emotional, physical or sexual trauma. 

I work in private practice.  I have worked within the NHS as a counsellor in a GP surgery.  I have volunteered for two charities - NAPAC and Aurora - who support survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

I see clients face to face in my private practice in Hastings, and also online.

I work short term or long term depending on your needs.  My sessions are either 50 minutes or 1 hour long. 

I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and am bound by their requirements for ongoing professional development and their code of ethics and good practice eg confidentiality and my work being supervised by a qualified clinical supervisor. 

I will pay attention to your nervous system and can work with you on practical techniques to help with anxiety, panic attacks, depression and depressive episodes, outbursts of anger, and phobias including OCD. 

I will also be interested in the fear, sadness, shame and anger that lie underneath. I will be interested in all the different parts of your personality, your childhood, the stories about yourself told by yourself and others,  your patterns of behaviour and what and who has influenced them.

I am a trauma informed therapist.  

I will always be led by you. 

I offer a free 15 minute phone or Zoom session in which we can discuss if I can be of help to you. We will also get our first impression of each other.

During our first paid session, we will discuss your goals as a starting point in our work together. I will write some notes about what your life looks like, your family and your history. We will also agree a practical contract between us which will include cancellations. We will agree a time frame if you want a short period of counselling - normally 12 weeks. We can also discuss if we are feeling like we will be a good match for each other - training, qualifications and experience are crucial but compatibility and trust are also imperative. 

I normally see my clients on a weekly basis at the same time every week.  I work Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the day time and the evenings.

I believe in regular reviews to see where we are in terms of your goals and to discuss how we think the work is going.

I charge £60 for a 50 minute session and £70 for an hour session.