Sarah Tearne

Appointments are available Tuesday - Thursday, including evenings up to 8pm, with immediate starts on some sessions.

An initial Free 15-20 minute telephone consultation will be arranged to discuss your reasons for seeking counselling. This can be arranged at a time that is convenient to you. This is a no obligation discussion to find out further information on how I can help.

I am a person-centred counsellor who offers one-to-one sessions to help individuals find clarity, develop coping strategies, and achieve personal growth. 

My approach is tailored to each client's unique needs, providing a safe and supportive environment for self-exploration and healing.

I am kind natured with an empathic understanding. I pride myself on being approachable, open and honest. I am passionate about supporting people with their mental health and feel it important that we all can communicate our feelings in times of difficulties without fear of judgement.

I have experience in long- and short-term counselling with a variety of clients who were presenting with different difficulties. I am passionate about helping people to regain mental health wellbeing and love seeing the progress that my clients make on their journey of self-discovery. The Person-centred theory suits my ethos as I believe that we all have the capacity for growth and self-actualisation. My role in the therapeutic relationship is to provide a non-judgmental environment to help clients explore themselves honestly.

I am non-directional which means you will bring your own problems, and I will be led by you. My role as your counsellor is to help you explore your worldwide view, own issues and feelings to enable you to explore and become more self-aware to achieve greater independence.

My aim is to build a trustworthy relationship in which you feel supported to disclose whatever is troubling you, to enable you to cope with current or future problems. Counselling can help you uncover and process the conscious and the unconscious in which you process things today, this may be something from early childhood to present day.

Counselling can help you to make changes and learn new coping strategies which will positively impact your self-esteem, social/work life, family and relationships.

As your therapist I will help you identify and discover your own abilities, I can support you to build on your self-confidence and treat you as the expert in your own life as no one else knows what it feels to be like you. I will not judge you, regardless of what issues you bring to therapy.

After our initial telephone consultation I will send you an assessment questionnaire for you to complete ahead of our first session.

During your first session, we will talk through the Counselling process and I will give you the opportunity to ask any questions.  The aim is to get to know you better and understand what brings you to counselling.