Sarah Gensmantel, BACP

Sarah Gensmantel is a Person-Centred (Integrative) counsellor, psychotherapist and life coach who works with adults and young people. She brings four years of clinical practice and a background in education, where she specialised in pastoral care and safeguarding. Sarah aims to meet clients with warmth, openness and no judgement. In sessions she listens to what is said and to what may be harder to put into words. She helps people make sense of their experiences and develop practical coping strategies for everyday life. Work moves at a pace that feels right for the individual. Sarah has a particular interest in trauma, including childhood trauma, but she supports people with a wide range of concerns. These include stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, low self-esteem, bipolar difficulties and issues around intimacy and relationships. She also helps with practical life challenges such as parenting strain, sleeping and eating problems, career worries and coping with big life changes. Additional focus areas listed include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, communication and control problems, and recovery from domestic or sexual violence. Alongside talking therapy Sarah sometimes integrates holistic practices when they suit the person. Examples she may offer are breathwork, meditation, mindfulness and yoga, and these are optional and customised to individual needs. Sarah is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, works in the United Kingdom, and conducts sessions in English. People are invited to take the first step by using the service's matching process and scheduling a session.

How Sarah's approaches translate to online counselling

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape feelings and expectations. It helps people understand patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect current life and coping.

Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the centre of the work. The counsellor offers non-judgemental listening and reflects back what is heard so people can find their own answers and build self-trust.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It offers practical exercises and strategies to change unhelpful thinking and daily habits that maintain distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sarah will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences, and together they will choose which methods to try. That collaborative process helps shape sessions and keeps pace gentle and manageable.

If you are considering online work, confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also let people combine talking therapy with optional practices such as mindfulness or breathwork when appropriate. Registered or accredited professionals, including counsellors, often use online work to help people maintain continuity of care while balancing everyday commitments.