Sarah Porritt, BACP

Sarah Porritt is a BACP psychotherapist with more than 10 years of experience working with adults and young people. She creates a calm space where people can talk about what matters to them. Sessions focus on practical ways to manage worry, low mood and the strain of life changes.

Sarah blends straightforward, evidence-based ways of working with a warm, down-to-earth style. She uses techniques that help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and develop different daily habits. Mindfulness is used to build awareness, and person-centred listening helps people feel heard as they talk through difficult feelings.

Common concerns she supports include anxiety, stress and overthinking, low mood and motivation, and problems with communication or separation. She also helps with self-esteem, parenting strain, grief and navigating big life transitions. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress, guilt and shame, and finding life purpose.

In sessions Sarah aims to combine practical tools with reflective conversation. Clients can expect to leave with small, manageable steps to try between meetings. The work is collaborative - goals are agreed together and reviewed as progress is made.

Sarah works from the United Kingdom and conducts therapy in English. If a potential client wants to begin, they are asked to use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling according to therapist availability.

Approaches that focus on thoughts and everyday habits

Sarah uses a small set of familiar, evidence-based methods to help people manage worry and low mood. Cognitive approaches look at how thoughts can keep problems going and teach ways to test and change those patterns. This often helps with persistent overthinking, anxiety and negative self-talk.

Alongside cognitive work, she uses person-centred listening to make space for a person's story. That approach helps people feel understood and clarifies what matters to them. Mindfulness practices are also used to strengthen present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity to difficult thoughts and feelings.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs and preferences. That choice is reviewed over time so the plan can change as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, please confirm available session formats before booking as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to keep continuity during life transitions, while the therapist and client collaborate on what will work best for them.