Sarah Gensmantel, BACP

Sarah Gensmantel is a person-centred counsellor, psychotherapist, and life coach who offers short- and long-term online support for adults and young people facing a wide range of emotional and psychological challenges. She blends talking therapy with optional holistic practices such as breathwork, meditation, mindfulness, and yoga, including children’s yoga, tailoring any additional techniques to the needs and preferences of each person.

With a particular interest in trauma and childhood trauma, Sarah brings focused experience supporting people through PTSD, anxiety, depression, low self-worth, loss and grief, addiction, and recovery from sexual abuse and rape. She also works with many other concerns, including stress, relationship and family issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting, anger, career questions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Sarah’s professional background in education for young people and adults, specialising in pastoral care and safeguarding, informs her practice and has given her extensive experience helping those who feel overwhelmed, distressed, or emotionally unsafe. She emphasises the therapeutic relationship, meeting each person with warmth, openness, and without judgement or assumption. Creating a sense of safety is central to her approach because people often move toward healing when they feel understood and supported.

In sessions Sarah listens carefully to both what is spoken and what may be harder to name, seeking to understand each person’s world from their perspective. Together she and the client explore what is happening, develop insight, and identify practical coping strategies to use day to day. Her work progresses at a pace that feels right for the individual. Sarah is accredited by the BACP, which is the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.