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Sarah Davis

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Sarah Davis, NCPS

United Kingdom

NCPS counsellor - relationships and anxiety

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Where Sarah stands

Credentials
NCPS
Registration
NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS23-04315
Experience
4 years
Languages
English
Location
United Kingdom

About

  • Codependency concerns
  • ACT and CBT methods
  • Attachment focus

About Sarah

Sarah Davis is an NCPS counsellor working in the United Kingdom with four years of experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, family difficulties, self-esteem struggles, addiction-related problems, grief, trauma and codependency-related patterns.

Her style is practical and conversational. Sessions look at how patterns play out day to day, and at small, doable changes that reduce overwhelm. She uses clear exercises and simple tools drawn from several approaches rather than lengthy theory discussions.

Sarah combines techniques from cognitive behavioural work and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to challenge unhelpful thinking and build flexible responses. She also draws on attachment-based ideas when relationships and past hurts shape current choices. Dialectical skills are used when strong emotions or impulsive reactions get in the way of steady decision making.

In practice she focuses on concrete goals such as setting boundaries, managing people-pleasing, coping with a partner's mood or substance use, and rebuilding a sense of self after loss or separation. She offers coaching-style support for career and life transitions alongside therapeutic work for grief, trauma, eating or sleep difficulties.

Her background includes private practice and voluntary work with a crisis and suicide prevention charity. That mix means she has experience in short-term problem work and ongoing therapy. Prospective clients are asked to complete a short questionnaire and schedule an initial session to begin.

How sessions work

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while taking action that fits personal values; it can help with anxiety, people-pleasing and moving through life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with workably different responses to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape how people relate now and can be useful when trust, boundaries or intimacy are difficult.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will explore goals, preferences and practical needs with the client and agree together which methods to try. That collaborative process means plans can change as sessions reveal what fits best.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, reduce travel time, and offer different ways to connect such as video or phone where available. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists commonly adapt exercises and worksheets for online use so the work stays practical and focused on daily changes.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsSelf esteemCoaching

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

4+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief, trauma, addiction-related problems and codependency patterns among other concerns.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach is practical and conversational, using short exercises and questions to surface patterns and try new ways of responding.

How much experience does she have?

She has four years of professional experience working in private practice and volunteering with a crisis and suicide prevention charity.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She holds NCPS and is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

What do I need to do to start?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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.

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