Sarah Gensmantel

Sarah Gensmantel is a Person-Centred (Integrative) counsellor, psychotherapist and life coach with four years of practice. She offers online counselling for adults and young people and supports a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties. Sarah blends talking therapy with optional holistic tools when they suit the client. Her background in education involved pastoral care and safeguarding. That experience shaped how she responds to people who feel overwhelmed or emotionally unsafe. She has worked with trauma, including childhood trauma, as well as anxiety, depression, low self-worth, loss and grief, addiction, and recovery from sexual abuse and rape. Sarah keeps the therapeutic relationship at the centre of her work. She aims to meet people with warmth, openness and without judgement. Creating a sense of safety is important so clients can talk honestly and begin to make changes at their own pace. Sessions focus on listening closely to what is said and noticing what may be harder to put into words. She works alongside clients to understand their world and to develop insight. Practical coping strategies are offered to use between sessions and the pace is set by the person in therapy. When helpful, Sarah adds breathwork, meditation, mindfulness and yoga into sessions. These practices are optional and tailored to individual needs. People seeking support for anger, relationship or parenting concerns will find these topics are within her areas of work.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and how early connections shape feelings now. It helps when fears around trust, abandonment or closeness are getting in the way of day-to-day life. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person at the heart of sessions, with the counsellor listening without judgement and following the client's pace to build understanding and self-direction. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and offers practical ways to try different responses to stress, anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sarah will discuss different ways of working and will help decide what suits the client's needs, goals and comfort. That decision is made together and can change as therapy progresses.

The biography notes she offers online counselling, but does not list specific session formats here. Please confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make fitting therapy into a busy life easier, reduce travel time and allow people to have regular check-ins from wherever they are. Some practices Sarah uses, such as breathwork or mindfulness, adapt well to online delivery and can be used between sessions as ongoing tools.