Sarah Leonard, BACP

Sarah Leonard is a counsellor with 18 years' experience who uses a practical, person-centred approach. She keeps sessions simple and straightforward, helping people talk through stress, anxiety and life changes. She also supports people with depression, ADHD, addictions and relationship concerns, and is experienced with LGBT people and gender dysphoria.

Sarah works in a collaborative, down-to-earth way. She listens first, then helps clients set small, realistic steps they can try between sessions. Cognitive and behavioural tools are used alongside mindfulness skills and motivational conversations when helpful. Sessions aim to focus on everyday thoughts and habits that get in the way of feeling better.

Her background includes 18 years of clinical practice in the United Kingdom and accreditation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That experience has involved supporting people with mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive behaviours, dissociation and trauma-related problems such as domestic violence and first responder issues.

Therapy sessions often include practical techniques such as grounding, activity planning and tracking unhelpful thinking. Sarah can cover parenting stresses, career decisions, eating and food-related concerns and issues linked to infidelity or family problems. She adapts her work to the person in front of her rather than following a single rigid method.

If someone wants to start, they follow a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions based on the therapist's schedule. Costs vary with location and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Sarah uses client-centred work that puts the person's experience first, listening carefully and helping people set the goals they want to reach. This approach suits people who need a respectful, non-judgemental space to sort out thoughts and habits.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and gives practical exercises to break unhelpful patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, low mood, OCD symptoms and day-to-day stress. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy techniques are used too, providing skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance and clearer communication when feelings run high.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and agree a plan based on the client's needs, goals and preferences. That collaboration means methods can be adjusted over time if something is not helping.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm available session types before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, avoid travel time and use shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let someone choose ways of working that suit them, such as paced skill practice between sessions or verbal coaching for immediate problems.