Counsellor profile
Sacha Whittaker, BACP
Counsellor - Stress and Trauma
See online counselling options- Client-centred therapy
- Grief and loss
- Family difficulties
About Sacha
Counsellor and BACP member Sacha Whittaker has 18 years' experience helping people with stress, anxiety, family difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and coping with life changes. She works from a client-centred perspective and focuses on practical support and steady conversation. Sacha speaks English and practises in the United Kingdom.
Sacha uses client-centred therapy to keep the conversation focused on the person and their experience. That means she listens closely, reflects what she hears and supports people to notice their own strengths. Sessions are aimed at helping people manage immediate worries and make clearer decisions about next steps.
She also works with issues linked to attachment and abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, communication problems and control issues. Sacha has experience supporting people through divorce, domestic violence, fatherhood challenges, guilt, shame and loneliness.
In sessions she helps people make sense of painful events, process grief and plan concrete coping steps. She pays attention to how past relationships affect present feelings and reactions. Conversations can include practical problem solving alongside reflective talking.
Sacha describes her style as collaborative. She invites clients to set goals and to check progress as therapy continues. She uses the person-centred method as the main approach and adapts how she works to each situation.
To begin, people use the site matching process to book an initial session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Client-centred approaches and online counselling
Sacha works principally from a client-centred perspective. This approach focuses on what the person brings to the session, with the counsellor reflecting what is said and helping the person find their own understanding. It suits people who want to talk through feelings, make sense of difficult experiences and develop personal coping steps.She also adapts that core approach to address issues linked to attachment, abandonment and caregiver stress. In practice this means noticing past relationship patterns and how they affect current reactions, then using that insight to try new ways of relating and managing stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sacha will discuss options with each client and agree what seems most helpful based on needs, goals and preferences. That decision is made together and reviewed as therapy progresses.
The practical benefits of working online are that sessions can fit around daily routines and reduce travel time. Exact session formats are not stated in the biography, so confirm the current online options before booking. Many people find remote sessions easier to fit into work breaks, quieter lives and long-term care schedules.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
18+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly support?
Sacha supports stress, anxiety, family problems, trauma and abuse, grief and coping with life changes. She also works with issues such as attachment, abandonment, caregiver stress and chronic illness.
What is her therapeutic style?
She works in a client-centred way, listening closely and reflecting what is said. The aim is to help people notice their own strengths and make practical changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of professional experience working in counselling and related settings in the United Kingdom.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions charged?
Costs vary with location; sessions use a subscription which can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule an initial session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.