Sarah Tolley, NCPS

Sarah Tolley is an NCPS counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 10 years of clinical experience. She has worked in private practice and in educational settings, supporting people with low mood, suicidal thoughts and relationship difficulties. She also has experience working with a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds, including people from the LGBTQ+ community and transgender clients.

Sarah uses practical, talk-based work to help people manage stress, anxiety and depression. She offers focused help for trauma and abuse, anger and self-esteem concerns. She also supports people facing blended family issues, separation and the fallout from domestic violence or addiction.

Her style draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centred practice to build a clear working relationship. She combines these with cognitive behavioural techniques and elements of dialectical behaviour therapy to teach coping skills. She also uses EMDR for trauma where appropriate.

Sessions are straightforward and goal-orientated. Sarah helps clients identify small, manageable steps and practice new ways of responding to distress. She includes practical tools for emotion regulation and communication when that matches the client's goals.

People who come to Sarah often want concrete changes rather than long, open-ended therapy. She works with adults across different life stages and backgrounds. The emphasis is on pragmatic support for daily life and on developing clearer patterns in relationships and self-care.