Counsellor, Psychotraumatologist, Group Facilitator & ESD Instructor
Qualifications
Person-Centered, Gestalt, Psychodynamic, Schema Therapy and Addiction
Group Facilitator
Life Coach
Master NLP Practitioner (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
Master in Understanding Domestic Violence & Sexual Abuse
Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist – Individual (CCTSI)
Postgraduate Diploma in Traumatology & PTSD
Professional body
MBACP (Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapists)
NCIP
Areas of Specialization
Trauma and abuse (survivors of trafficking, modern-day slavery)
Depression
Anxiety
Phobias
Panic attacks
Anger issues
Obsessive-compulsive behavior
Self-esteem issues
Therapeutic Approach
Sarah’s therapeutic approach is integrative, drawing on Person-Centered, Gestalt, Psychodynamic, Schema Therapy, and Addiction models. Her primary focus is on helping clients observe, understand, and change patterns developed in childhood or through acute stress. Sarah emphasizes attunement, working closely with clients to guide their transformation and acceptance. She incorporates mind, body, and spirit in her practice and applies up-to-date advances in the treatment of trauma in a creative, formulation-based manner.
About Sarah
Sarah is specialised primarily in trauma, abuse and their many manifestations. She has experience working with clients on various issues affecting their well-being such as trauma, abuse, depression, anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, anger issues, obsessive compulsive behavior & self-esteem. Her main aim is to help clients to observe, understand and change patterns laid down in childhood and through acute stress. Attunement is key and accompanying her clients on such a journey and seeing them transform and accept, for Sarah, is a huge privilege.
Sarah’s aim as a therapist is to create a safe space to explore, to help to a deeper understanding of self and assist you in finding your own way forward. Sarah specialises on working with survivors of ‘Trafficking’ and ‘Modern-day Slavery’.
Experience
Sarah has extensive experience working with survivors of trafficking and modern-day slavery, as well as individuals facing trauma, abuse, depression, anxiety, and related mental health concerns. She also conducts research on the experiences of Albanian women trafficked in London; Muslim men exploring their identity as gay males and Trauma.
Her research work includes:
The experience of Muslim men as they actualise-self as gay males and how this may inform counsellors working with this client’s group.
The Experiences of Albanian Women Living in London that have been Trafficked: Constructions of Female Identity within a Patriarchal Culture. (Goldsmith University)
A comparison of evidence-based approaches: CPTSD and the presentation of depersonalization and derealization in asylum seekers exposed to trafficking in the UK; Do shorter term therapeutic interventions yield successful outcomes for clients as suggested by policy makers? (NCP)
Unsafe in a Safe Country: Evaluating the Support and Reintegration Challenges for Albanian Trafficking Victims within the Context of the UK’s “Safe Country” Designation. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 12, 519-556. doi: 10.4236/jss.2024.125030.
Languages Spoken
English
Albanian
Availability
In person and online
Contact Information
To arrange a booking, please email connect@umattercounselling.org or contact the main office on their landline.