Sara Villar Gonzalez, BACP
Sara Villar Gonzalez is a counsellor who uses Gestalt psychotherapy to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression and trauma.
About Sara
Sara Villar Gonzalez is a counsellor who uses Gestalt psychotherapy to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. She works with individuals facing addictions, eating difficulties, grief and a wide range of relationship and family concerns. She is a BACP member and has nine years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
Her approach focuses on what is happening in the room and in daily life. She encourages people to notice feelings, bodily sensations and patterns that repeat in relationships.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to build understanding about how past experiences shape present choices and to find practical ways to respond differently. Sara places emphasis on strengths and personal agency. She treats each person as the expert on their story and helps them identify resources they already have.
Conversations are direct but compassionate, with attention to small changes that add up over time. She has worked with people dealing with bereavement, cancer-related distress, bipolar challenges, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related difficulties. Other frequent concerns include intimacy, body image, codependency, addiction and communication problems within blended families and relationships.
Sara offers conversations that blend emotional exploration with real-world problem solving. She supports clients to set goals, try new ways of coping and notice progress. Where helpful, she helps people plan steps to manage life transitions and ongoing stresses.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 398733 | December 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
How Gestalt work and online sessions fit together
Gestalt psychotherapy concentrates on present-moment experience and how feelings show up in the body. It helps people notice recurring patterns, make sense of emotional reactions and try different ways of relating to themselves and others. This approach is useful for anxiety, trauma responses and relationship difficulties.She also combines exploration of strengths with practical coping strategies. That means talking through difficult memories and also setting small, doable goals for day-to-day life. This blend can help with addiction recovery, grief, eating issues and managing life changes.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as work progresses.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send shorter updates, do check-ins between sessions or communicate without being on camera. These options offer flexibility and more ways to keep momentum between sessions.
Frequently asked
What concerns does this counsellor help with?
Sara works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, eating and intimacy-related issues, grief and relationship and family concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work uses Gestalt psychotherapy which focuses on present experience, bodily sensations and patterns in relationships. Conversations combine emotional exploration with practical steps people can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working with people in the United Kingdom on issues such as cancer-related distress, compassion fatigue, ADHD and bipolar challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and payments handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with her?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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