Sara Monahan , BACP

Sara Monahan is a counsellor with four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She holds membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sara focuses on helping people who are dealing with trauma, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue, and she often supports those facing big life changes or challenges linked to ADHD.

Sara works from the belief that each person knows their own story best. She aims to help people recognise their strengths and build on them. Her manner is supportive and straightforward, helping people take the small, practical steps that lead to change.

In sessions she listens closely to what matters to the individual and prioritises their goals. She encourages clients to explore feelings such as guilt, shame, or isolation, and to notice how attachment patterns or social anxiety may be affecting daily life.

Sara also offers space to consider issues around self-love, life purpose and the impact of narcissistic relationships. Her approach is practical and person-centred, focusing on coping strategies that can be used outside sessions.

People looking for help with women’s issues will find Sara attentive to gender-related concerns. She supports LGBT clients and those navigating trauma or ongoing stress at work or home. She aims to empower people so they feel more able to make choices that suit them.

Moving into therapy begins with a simple first step: completing a brief matching questionnaire and arranging sessions that fit the client’s schedule. Sara offers several online formats so people can choose what works best for them.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Evidence-based techniques aim to help people make sense of distress and build coping skills. One common approach focuses on trauma-informed care, which involves pacing conversations around difficult memories and teaching grounding methods to manage intense feelings. This approach helps people who have experienced abuse or repeated stressors to feel steadier day to day.

Another helpful method emphasises working on self-esteem and self-love by identifying critical inner voices and practising new ways of speaking to yourself. This can be useful for social anxiety, shame, or when recovering from harmful relationships. These approaches are practical and skill-based, so people leave sessions with clear strategies they can try between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match techniques to their needs, goals and preferences. That means trying options, checking what helps, and adapting the plan together rather than using a fixed method from the start.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is good for a face-to-face feel and visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, written reflection, or people who prefer not to be on camera. These choices make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and to keep continuity of care across different circumstances.