Sarah Dixon, BACP
Sarah Dixon is a counsellor working in the United Kingdom with 25 years of professional experience.
About Sarah
Sarah Dixon is a counsellor working in the United Kingdom with 25 years of professional experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and major life changes. She treats each person with respect, sensitivity and compassion.
Her approach is practical and down-to-earth to help people take manageable steps forward. Sarah adapts conversations and plans to suit each person's needs. She listens for what matters most and shapes sessions around everyday concerns.
Background and approach
This can include coping with loss, managing mood shifts, dealing with relationship and intimacy difficulties, or navigating addiction and career stress. Her work also covers issues such as parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, low self-esteem, anger, and burnout or compassion fatigue.
Sarah has supported people with attachment concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, and the stresses of long-term illness or caregiving. Sarah draws on a mix of practical talking therapies tailored to the individual. She helps people build skills to manage symptoms and make clearer choices.
Sessions aim to balance understanding with concrete steps that fit each person's life. People who value a calm, steady presence often find this approach helpful. Sarah encourages small, achievable changes and works at a pace that suits the individual.
She welcomes international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 399684 | February 2027 |
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.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sarah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Sarah names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Sarah uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy as core ways to work online. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on values and small actions that move life forward. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress and coping with life changes.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and feelings. It helps people understand how they relate to others and build safer ways of connecting, which can ease intimacy and relationship concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Sarah discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods to fit their needs. She works collaboratively so the plan reflects what the person hopes to change and how they prefer to work.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller connection matters. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier if being on camera is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging gives brief check-ins, quick reflections or more frequent support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Sarah help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and major life changes, plus related issues such as addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and career stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a practical, person-centred style that mixes understanding with skills-building. Sessions focus on real-life steps people can try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
Sarah has 25 years of professional experience supporting people with a wide range of emotional and practical concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and Sarah accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
She meets people by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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