Sarah Dixon, BACP
Sarah Dixon is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 25 years of professional experience.
About Sarah
Sarah Dixon is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 25 years of professional experience. She welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression or major life changes and aims to create a calm, respectful space to talk through what matters most. Sarah adapts conversation and planning to each person’s situation.
She listens for practical patterns and helps people try new ways of coping when old strategies stop working.
Background and approach
Her approach is straightforward and down-to-earth, focused on small, useful steps rather than jargon. Over a long career she has supported people with relationship worries, parenting strain, addiction, LGBT concerns, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She also works with people dealing with chronic health problems, career stress, bereavement and complex emotional histories such as attachment or abandonment issues.
Sarah draws on several well-known approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-focused methods, client-centred listening, cognitive work on thoughts and feelings, and emotionally-focused ways of dealing with relationships. She matches techniques to the person rather than following a fixed script. Her style is compassionate and practical.
Sessions look at what is getting in the way now and build realistic ways to cope, communicate and make decisions. If you want a steady, experienced counsellor who keeps things simple, Sarah offers a respectful place to begin.
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.
How Sarah uses therapeutic approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, and then focus on small values-based actions. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and for handling big life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in how people connect, often rooted in early relationships, and helps people form more supported ways of relating in current relationships. Client-Centred Therapy centres the person's experience and uses empathic listening to help them find their own solutions and build self-understanding.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sarah will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then suggest a way forward. She aims to collaborate so techniques feel relevant and manageable rather than imposed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls suit conversations that benefit from seeing facial expressions. Phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging can be used for shorter exchanges, ongoing support between sessions, or when typing helps someone think things through. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel commitments while keeping continuity of care.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Sarah commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and coping with life changes. Other areas include relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, addiction, self-esteem and career worries.
What is Sarah's therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and client-centred, combining listening with techniques from cognitive and emotion-focused approaches. She aims to help people find small, manageable changes that make daily life easier.
How much professional experience does she have?
She has 25 years of professional working experience supporting people through a wide range of emotional and practical difficulties.
What credential does Sarah hold and where is she based?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be carried out by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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