Sarah Dixon , BACP

Sarah Dixon is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 25 years of professional experience. She offers calm, practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and major life changes. She aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity and compassion and will adapt sessions to each person's needs.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns including parenting, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, self-esteem and career worries. She also supports those facing trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include attachment issues, adoption and foster care, blended family challenges and chronic illness or pain.

Sarah uses well-known therapeutic approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based methods. In practice this means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify values and build new ways of coping that fit their life. Sessions are conversational and paced to suit the person sitting opposite her.

She works with people who identify as LGBT and anyone struggling with abandonment, body image, communication problems or caregiving stress. Her aim is to create a steady space where people can talk through painful events and take small steps towards change.

Sarah encourages straightforward planning and practical tools alongside emotional support. She will work collaboratively to set goals, try out new skills between sessions and review what is helping as therapy progresses.

How Sarah uses different therapeutic approaches online

Sarah often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify what matters to them and take small meaningful steps aligned with their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress and situations that feel stuck.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at patterns in relationships and how early connections shape current reactions. This work can help with intimacy-related worries, communication problems and attachment issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, listen to what you want, and try methods that match your goals and preferences. Goals and techniques are reviewed over time so the plan can change if something is not working.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy fit around life. Video works well for deeper conversations, phone can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits shorter updates or people who prefer writing. These options help with accessibility and scheduling so therapy can happen from different locations and at different times.