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Sarah Mac Farlane, BACP

Sarah Mac Farlane works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression.

About Sarah

Sarah Mac Farlane works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She aims to make sessions straightforward and practical. Her style suits people who want a calm, steady listener and clear steps to try between meetings.

Sarah holds BACP credentials, which means she is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has nine years of experience working with a wide range of issues.

Background and approach

She supports people with grief, anger, eating concerns, parenting strain, compassion fatigue and ADHD alongside relationship and communication difficulties. Her work draws on a few different approaches so she can tailor how she helps. She uses cognitive methods to spot unhelpful thought patterns and behavioural steps to test new ways of coping.

She also draws on acceptance-based ideas to help people connect with what matters to them and build a life around those values. Attachment-based ideas inform the way she thinks about relationships and how early experiences shape current patterns. In sessions she listens closely, helps people name difficult feelings and offers practical strategies to try between meetings.

Goals are set together and adjusted as things change. Sarah offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging for online appointments. She supports international clients and works from the United Kingdom.

To begin, a client completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules sessions according to therapist availability.

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Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	401188	April 2026

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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
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
Coping with life changes
LGBT
Relationship issues
Grief
Eating disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
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
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counselling
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
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
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Traumatic brain injury
Trichotillomania
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Sarah names

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Approaches that suit online therapy and trauma work

Sarah draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people make sense of distressing experiences and reduce their impact on daily life. This approach focuses on processing memories and learning practical ways to manage strong reactions.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT guides people to identify personal values and take small steps toward a more meaningful life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options with the client and together they will choose what fits best for the person's goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and approaches can be adjusted as circumstances change.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let people work face to face from wherever they are, phone sessions need less internet bandwidth, and live chat or text messages are useful for brief check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family or travel and to continue sessions when life is busy.

Frequently asked

What kinds of concerns can be addressed?

Sarah helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She also works with grief, anger, eating concerns, parenting strain, compassion fatigue and ADHD.

What is her therapeutic style?

She blends clear cognitive and behavioural techniques with acceptance-based and attachment-informed work. Sessions aim to be practical and collaborative with steps to try between meetings.

How much experience does she have?

She has nine years of professional experience supporting people with a wide range of mental health and life concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

Sarah holds BACP registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and practises from the United Kingdom.

Which languages and international options are offered?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Appointments can take place by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

What is the process for getting started?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule appointments according to therapist availability.