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- Person-centred approach
- Mindfulness and breathwork
- Trauma and grief work
About Sarah
Sarah Gensmantel is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years' experience. She describes herself as a person-centred (integrative) counsellor, psychotherapist and life coach working with adults and young people. Her main areas include trauma, anxiety, depression, low self-worth and addiction alongside broader concerns such as grief, parenting stress and career strain.
Sarah offers both short and long-term online counselling and combines talking therapy with optional mind-body practices. These may include breathwork, meditation, mindfulness and yoga, including children’s yoga where appropriate. She presents these as optional tools to complement conversation rather than replacements for it.
Her earlier work in education focused on pastoral care and safeguarding. That background informs how she supports people who feel overwhelmed, distressed or emotionally unsafe. She also has experience working with recovery from sexual abuse and rape, and with people who have experienced childhood trauma.
In sessions she prioritises the therapeutic relationship and listens closely to what is said and what is harder to say. She aims to understand each person’s perspective and to help them make sense of their experience. Practical coping strategies are offered alongside reflective work so people can use tools between meetings.
Sarah says the pace of work is set by the client. She welcomes people who want support, understanding or guidance during a difficult time, and she uses a mix of client-centred, attachment-focused and mindfulness-informed practices to do this.
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How her approaches translate to online work
Sarah combines attachment-based and client-centred ways of working with mindfulness and CBT ideas. Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and how early connections affect current feelings, which can help with trauma, abandonment and intimacy issues. Client-centred therapy puts the person's experience at the centre and uses reflective listening to help people make sense of their thoughts and emotions. Cognitive behavioural techniques look at unhelpful thinking and practical steps that change behaviour and mood, useful for anxiety, depression and coping skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sarah will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before. Together they decide which mix of listening, practical tools and optional mind-body practices to use and the pace of sessions.
The biography specifies online short and long-term counselling but does not list exact session formats here. Confirm current session options before you book so you know how meetings are arranged. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life - for example a check-in between commitments, choosing quieter surroundings, or avoiding travel time. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises such as mindfulness, breathwork and practical CBT tasks to work in remote sessions.
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Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
Sarah works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people with addiction, relationship and parenting difficulties and many related issues listed in her profile.
Which therapeutic methods does she use?
She uses person-centred and attachment-based approaches alongside cognitive behavioural ideas and mindfulness. Sessions can combine talking with optional practices such as breathwork and meditation.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of experience working as a counsellor and psychotherapist, including a background in education and pastoral care.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I book sessions in other languages or from abroad?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography notes online short and long-term counselling. Confirm the current session options before booking to ensure they meet your needs.
How are sessions priced?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Specific pricing details are provided through the platform's booking process.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.