Sarah Bennett, NCPS

Counsellor Sarah Bennett is an Accredited Member of the National Counselling Society (NCPS) with 11 years of experience supporting people in the United Kingdom. She works with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, and a wide range of other issues including self-esteem, addiction and parenting. Sessions are offered in English and she provides both face-to-face and video call appointments when booked in the usual way.

Sarah trained initially in Sydney where she worked as a telephone counsellor for Lifeline. On returning to England she completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and a University Certificate in Counselling at South Cheshire College, validated by Manchester Metropolitan University. She also holds a postgraduate certificate in integrating hypnotherapy with psychotherapy from the Manchester Institute of Psychotherapy.

Her early placements included work with young people at Reaseheath College and counselling in a secondary school setting, helping students with coursework stress, bullying and family matters. She has volunteered with a bereavement charity, supporting people affected by loss and life-changing illness.

In private practice in Nantwich she sees adults and grown-up teenagers. Her base approach is Person-Centred, which means she listens and works at the client’s pace. She also offers techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, relaxation and hypnotherapy when these may help with anxiety, depression or anger.

Sessions focus on practical skills and short exercises when useful. Sarah prefers to discuss strategies as suggestions clients can try between sessions rather than strict homework. She keeps developing her skills through regular workshops and training days.

Outside work she spends time with family and her dog Leo, and she draws on a long history of supporting people through bereavement and life changes in her counselling work.

How her approaches work in online counselling