Sarah Lafford

I currently have availability Monday and Tuesday afternoons and evenings 

Many things can get in the way of us living how we want to live. Unsatisfying relationships, traumatic memories, a lack of trust and hope, feeling uncomfortable in your own skin. These experiences and feelings can get in the way of your connection with others, your enjoyment of life and your self-esteem. Perhaps you want to know yourself better, feel more able to work through life’s challenges, and be open to others and life’s possibilities.

I offer a space to explore what may have been kept in the dark. I believe emotional harm ought to be healed in relationship and so I offer an exploration of your relationships today, the relationships of your past and our relationship with each other.

I truly believe in the power of therapy to support positive change. I offer you my curiosity and attentiveness; I take seriously the bold step you’re taking.

I have a postgraduate diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy, and am currently working towards full accreditation with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

My training and experience is trauma-informed, and relational-developmental. I am an LGBTQI-affirmative therapist, and have experience of working with people from a range of cultural backgrounds and with neurodivergent processes.

As well as working privately, I have experience working at a victim support charity and two not-for-profit counselling and psychotherapy services.

During an initial free 15-minute meeting online, we can explore your hopes for therapy. If you would like to proceed, we will meet for an assessment session and then continue to meet on a weekly basis. We’ll continually review the work together.