Counsellor profile
Sara Roberts, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and anxiety
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 123405
- Experience
- 15 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Person-centred approach
- Mindfulness techniques
- Boundary work
About Sara
Sara Roberts is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with 15 years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, grief, parenting strain and codependency concerns. She also supports people dealing with career pressures, anger, and coping with life changes.
Sara uses a person-centred approach that puts the client’s voice first. Sessions are guided by what the person brings, not by the therapist deciding what matters. That can feel strange at first because there may be quiet moments; Sara frames those pauses as time when important thoughts begin to surface.
She mixes client-centred work with mindfulness techniques to help people notice how thoughts and feelings show up in the body. Mindfulness practices are offered as short exercises during sessions and as simple skills to try between appointments. These methods aim to reduce reactivity and increase awareness rather than promise quick fixes.
Sara is straightforward in session. She tends to ask clear questions, reflect what she hears, and encourage people to name their priorities. Practical topics often include setting boundaries, handling other people’s crises without losing ground, and coping with guilt or shame.
Her background includes long-term practice with adults affected by trauma, domestic violence, and abandonment issues. She also works with people experiencing compassion fatigue and caregiving stress. People considering work with her are asked to follow the site’s process to match and book a first session.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Sara combines client-centred therapy with mindfulness in online sessions. Client-centred therapy means the person sets the pace and topics, while the therapist reflects and asks gentle questions to help make sense of what comes up. This approach helps with relationship patterns, codependency tendencies and feelings like shame or emptiness.Mindfulness therapy in her work involves short exercises that draw attention to breath, body sensations and present-moment thoughts. These practices are offered to reduce reactivity and to help people notice automatic responses in relationships and everyday life.
Finding the best approach tends to be a collaborative process. Sara will talk with the person about goals and preferences, and together they decide whether to emphasise client-centred work, mindfulness, or a mix. The first sessions often focus on what feels most pressing and on simple, practical steps to try between meetings.
The practical benefits of online sessions are about fitting therapy into life. Online work can make it easier to attend from different locations, fit appointments around work or caregiving, and use short check-ins when a longer in-person visit is harder. Confirm the available session formats when you book so you know how she currently runs appointments.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she support?
Sara works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, grief, parenting strain and codependency among other issues.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a person-centred approach where the client leads sessions, with mindfulness used to build awareness of thoughts and feelings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience working with adults on relational and emotional difficulties.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in the United Kingdom.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and what does it cost?
Fees vary with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time; check the service pages for exact pricing for your area.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the booking flow.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.