Sarah Taylor

Tuesdays and Thursday face to face sessions in Nottingham city centre.

Mondays and Wednesdays I offer online sessions.

All my evening slots are currently occupied.

I invite you to stop scrolling. Instead take a moment to breathe and then ask yourself 鈥淲hat do I need right now?鈥�

I am guessing you might be needing help with your 

• anxiety, 
• depression, 
• confusion, 
• questioning your identity, 
• feeling heart broken, 
• grieving, 
• struggling to come to terms with a health diagnosis such as cancer, MS 
• low self esteem/confidence 
• or feeling stuck?

If any of the above resonate with you, I am a Therapist who will listen intently to what you say and help you explore what it is like to be authentically you.

The therapy I offer is explorative, sometimes challenging, and most importantly nurturing and empowering. Together we will discover who you are from a place of curiosity and kindness.

New habits may be formed. Old habits discarded. Trauma may be processed more fully. An emotional first aid kit created. Coping mechanisms learnt. Emotional regulation improved. These are all likely outcomes of engaging in therapy.

Armed with courage and a desire for change, you have already taken the first step by reading my profile. Now the next step is to contact me to arrange a free, telephone initial consultation.  

I am happy to accept trainee counsellors and university students at a concessionary rate.

Emotions and situations are never static and yet both can be totally overwhelming at times. As your counsellor I will be by your side helping you navigate these challenges and help you seek ways in which your quality of life can improve. 

Trusting a stranger is hard. As your counsellor I am impartial, there for you each week and rooting for you to achieve good mental health.  

Our first session is an initial consultation where we go through the counselling contract together and start building a rapport.

I ask a series of questions to build up a picture of what it is like to be you. 

An explanation of how I work is offered and then we schedule our sessions, which tend to be at the same time and day each week.

This initial consultation starts with thirty to forty minutes online or over the telephone and is offered free of charge.

Supervision is offered Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at a mutually agreeable time.

Group supervision can be arranged if you have a group of three or four.

I offer face to face and online supervision.

Integrative, humanistic, relational, creative, and intuitive describe my supervision style.

My supervisees are provided a space where they can be themselves with the freedom to explore where the work takes them knowing they will be supported and not judged.

For supervision I opted to first do a creative and passionate supervision diploma and then naturally moved to the Seven Eyed Model created by Peter Hawkins and Robin Shohet. This model affords me so much scope to help supervisees. For instance by paying attention to the client, wondering about the strategies and interventions used, looking at the relationship between client and supervisee, acknowledging how the supervisee is consciously and unconsciously affected by the work, seeing what emerges from the supervisory relationship, being curious about the supervisor鈥檚 own process and examining what exists in the wider context for the client.

Supervisees are expected to attend monthly supervision sessions of usually at least one and half hours. 

Currently sessions are offered face to face and online using Zoom.

As a supervisor I use the here and now responses in supervision sessions to inform what might be happening in the therapy offered by the supervisee.

My aim is to help the supervisee to pay attention to the client, wonder about the choices they make and identify the connections between various aspects of the client鈥檚 life. Experience has taught me that by paying attention to the felt sense of the client far more information can be gathered than purely focussing on the narrative they offer.

Helping supervisees step out of their own perspective to gain greater insight and understanding of the therapeutic relationship is paramount and with this challenge is usually offered. I view challenge as a two-way exchange. I am open to being challenged by supervisees as well as giving challenges. I believe that through challenge we extend our knowledge and deepen our capacity to be with clients.

Listening attentively, respecting the work presented and allowing the supervisee's voice to confidently develop are the features you can expect from supervision with me. 

An hour long initial meeting via Zoom is recommended and this is offered free of charge.

During this time we will discuss the supervisee's expectations and needs and I will explain further how I work.