Young Peoples Counselling

Do you have concerns about a teenager?

Perhaps they are acting out and you just don’t know what to do next? Maybe they have been through a difficult experience recently or in the past and need some help processing what happened to them. They may be feeling anxious and lacking in confidence.

Specialist Young Peoples Counselling can help

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My Approach

I build a warm rapport with your teenager by finding out what they are interested in and not pressurising them to talk until they are ready.

Once they begin to feel safe and trust me, I enable them to explore how they are feeling and what is troubling them with a variety of approaches for them to choose from. This allows them to process what has happened to them and gives them new insight.

In addition I help them develop skills to be able to regulate their emotions and grow in self confidence.

  • A level student

    “Counselling has helped me develop self-confidence and to realise my strengths. This has helped me redirect my attention to the positive things in life, enabling me to better cope with challenges and find self-love. Sarah has also helped me build strategies to cope with my anxiety; simply hearing my thoughts echoed back to me has enabled me to realise how irrational they can be. Sarah is a great listener and she has a lot of psychological wisdom to offer. Her caring nature makes it easy to open up to her, and knowing that I wouldn't be judged and that this is a safe space has helped me make quicker progress”

  • College Student

    “Sarah really helped me and made me feel supported after my mum passed away at the tender age of 18. She really helped me find my identity, navigate grief and seek the brighter things of life. I would recommend her to any teenager looking for someone who is compassionate, empathetic, kind and warm”.

  • Caroline Peacock (Accredited Creative Arts Therapist and Clinical Supervisor)

    “She meets each child exactly where they are, providing the guidance and support they need to feel understood and valued. Her professionalism and deep experience shine through in every interaction, as she skillfully navigates even the most complex challenges with care and empathy. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Sarah to anyone seeking a skilled, creative, and deeply committed counsellor for children and young people."

  • Felicity Tutton (Psychotherapist & Supervisor)

    “I have known Sarah for ten years. She is an experienced, relational counsellor who works successfully with adults, young people & couples. Sarah is very dedicated, and commits to further training to equip her to support more people. I recommend her highly.“

  • LS (Language Teacher)

    "Sarah helped me navigate the hardest parts of my teen years. She worked with me to put into place practices and techniques that I still use to this day. I had been searching for many years and I finally found someone who understood me in Sarah as well as someone who had the best tool kit and experience to help someone of my young age. Sarah is that wonderful and rare blend of insightful and compassionate and I would recommend her to anyone.".

  • Louise Ann Adamson (Counsellor)

    “Sarah is a wonderful counsellor with a wealth of experience of working with adults, couples and young people. She is able to balance care and an appropriate level of challenge and I know she has made a difference to many people's lives.“

My Qualifications and Experience

Having qualified as I counsellor, I worked for 5 years for TIC+ an organization offering free counselling to teens in Gloucestershire. This provided a lot of additional training relevant to working with young people such as self-harm, managing stress etc. I went on to work as a counsellor in a number of secondary schools in Cheltenham from Pates Grammar to All Saints Academy and I’ve continued to worked with teenagers in private practice.

Prior to that I worked part time as primary school teacher for many years and was also involved with young people in various church settings; for example leading the older youth for Trinity Church Cheltenham, leading youth weekends, heading up pastoral prayer ministry for young people at a large annual family conference called New Wine.