- CBT techniques
- Arts methods
- Attachment focus
About Sarah
Sarah Semper is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with 14 years of experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship or intimacy difficulties, including issues around parenting, grief and LGBT concerns. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, self-esteem problems and life changes.
Sarah uses talking therapy alongside creative tools from an arts psychotherapy background. She may bring in art, imagery and other expressive techniques to help people notice feelings and stories that are hard to name. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques are also part of her practice when they suit a person's goals.
Sessions focus on practical steps and on understanding how past attachments shape current relationships. Sarah draws on client-centred and attachment-based approaches to help people describe their experience without judgement. Existential ideas about meaning and choice may appear in conversation when people are wrestling with identity or life direction.
She works with specific concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, adoption and foster care, and challenges linked to autism or dissociation. Sarah also addresses body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress, as well as topics in kink and alternative sexual culture when clients bring those up.
People can expect a calm, direct way of working that mixes reflection with hands-on techniques. Sessions aim to make difficult feelings clearer and more manageable, and to identify small, realistic changes that can help day-to-day functioning.
Talking and creative approaches for online sessions
Sarah uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps when issues of abandonment, attachment or repeating relationship dynamics are central to the problem.She also draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on hearing a person without judgement and following what matters most to them in the moment. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is used for practical tools that challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new coping strategies for anxiety, low mood and stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sarah will explore your needs, goals and preferences with you and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process can include trying a few different techniques to see what fits.
Please confirm the exact session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or use fewer visual demands if that helps. Registered or accredited professionals can tailor online sessions to suit practical constraints while focusing on the issues you bring.
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Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of guilt or shame issues does she support?
She works with guilt and shame linked to relationships, parenting, past trauma, identity and life choices.
How does she approach shame in sessions?
Sarah mixes talking therapy with creative exercises and CBT techniques to help name feelings and test unhelpful beliefs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of clinical experience working with people across a wide range of emotional and relational issues.
What credential does she hold and where does she practise?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I'm not in the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients, and she works in English.
Which session formats does she offer?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify formats.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.