Sarah’s fee is €80 per session
Psychotherapy Training and Accreditation
Sarah is a fully qualified psychotherapist, having completed an M.Sc. in Integrative and Humanistic Psychotherapy at Turning Point Institute, accredited by the University of College Cork. She is a Certified Associate of the Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP), working towards full accreditation, and works under this organisation’s code of ethics. Sarah also holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Occupational Therapy and is CORU registered.
Counselling and Psychotherapeutic Approach
As an integrative psychotherapist, Sarah adopts a holistic approach to mental health, tailored to each client’s needs. She recognises that each person and their needs are unique, and therefore, she draws from a range of psychological theories and practices to provide the most effective support. Coming from a background in healthcare, Sarah is primarily a humanistic, person-centred therapist. Person-centred therapy is based on the idea that everyone has the natural ability to understand and better manage their challenges if they are provided with a supportive, empathetic, and respectful environment.
Sarah understands that our environment, families, and past experiences shape our identities and self-perceptions. By creating a safe and trusting space, she helps clients explore these influences, uncover limiting patterns and beliefs, and work toward greater self-acceptance and fulfilment.
Some of the other therapeutic approaches she draws on include psychodynamic, gestalt, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), emotion-focused therapy, and mindfulness. This holistic and integrative approach ensures that therapy resonates with each client’s personal experiences, beliefs, and goals, ultimately fostering a more personalised and impactful healing journey.
Counselling Experience and Areas of Interest
Sarah has worked as a psychotherapist for four years and has over ten years’ experience working as an occupational therapist with individuals of varied ages, backgrounds, and cultures through illness and many of life’s difficulties.
Sarah has worked with and has supported clients experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties, including but not limited to low self-esteem and self-criticism, anxiety, relationship and familial difficulties, bereavement, depression, stress/work-life balance, abuse, and childhood trauma. Recently, she worked at Jigsaw, the National Centre for Youth Mental Health, where she assisted young people through brief interventions. Sarah now works exclusively in private practice and currently welcomes adult clients (18+ years).
