Sarah Bennett , NCPS

Sarah Bennett is a UK-based counsellor with 11 years of professional experience, offering person-centred support from her private practice in Nantwich. Her counselling journey began in Sydney in 2009 when she trained as a telephone counsellor for Lifeline, and on returning to England she completed further qualifications including a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling and a University Certificate in Counselling validated by Manchester Metropolitan University.

She is an accredited member of the National Counselling Society and holds the credential NCPS, working within their framework for ethics and good practice. Sarah keeps her skills current through regular professional development, workshops, and training days, and she has completed a postgraduate Level 7 certificate in Integrating Hypnotherapy with Psychotherapy from the Manchester Institute of Psychotherapy.

Early placement work at Reaseheath College and a role as a school counsellor at Brine Leas High School gave her experience supporting young people with coursework stress, bullying, peer difficulties, and family matters. She has also volunteered with The Dove Service, a bereavement charity in Stoke-on-Trent, supporting people affected by loss and life-changing illness.

In private practice she sees adults and older teenagers, working from a person-centred foundation while adapting techniques to each client. She offers approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, relaxation and breathing exercises, mindfulness and meditation, and hypnotherapy when appropriate. Sarah has a special interest in anxiety management and aims to present strategies as collaborative suggestions rather than mandates. Outside work she values time with family and friends and enjoys life with her 12 year old dog, Leo. She believes clients can discover their own answers and greater inner calm through the therapeutic process.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Sarah works from a person-centred foundation, which means she creates a warm, non-judgemental space where clients are listened to and supported to find their own solutions. This approach is helpful for people coping with grief, relationship issues, low self-esteem, and broad life changes because it emphasises empathy and the client’s own resources.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) when appropriate, offering practical strategies to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. CBT can be especially useful for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. Where clients might benefit, Sarah integrates hypnotherapy techniques from her postgraduate Level 7 training to support relaxation, new perspectives, and behaviour change alongside talking therapies.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and Sarah collaborates with each person to decide what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. She offers suggestions and techniques as options to try together rather than fixed prescriptions.

Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to maintain continuity of care from different locations within the United Kingdom. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, reduce travel time, and allow therapy to continue in ways that suit each client’s routine and comfort level.