Meet
Sarah Armitage
Counsellor | Psychotherapist | Counselling Supervisor | Counselling Educator | Author
The heart of Sarah’s counselling practice is to seek to offer a safe, empathic, collaborative, reflective environment where you may explore your struggles and concerns, whether these arise from mental health difficulties, painful past experiences, the challenges that life brings or a desire to grow in self-understanding and find new ways to live well.
Tailored Trauma - informed counselling
Supervision
Debriefing
Training
Why choose Sarah Armitage Counselling
Sarah’s approach is holistic: consideration is given to your physical, emotional, thinking, behavioural, relational and spiritual wellbeing, in accordance with your unique presenting issues and goals for counselling.
As an integrative counsellor, Sarah adapts the approach to your individual needs, drawing on a wealth of resources, so that you may be equipped to move towards achieving your goals and hopes for the future.
Sarah is an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist having practiced since 2009, is a qualified and experienced counselling supervisor, providing supervision for counsellors and for other professional and charitable roles. Sarah’s practice includes debriefing for those serving in NGO roles.
Sarah is an experienced educator of counselling and has been involved with the development of counselling education in Cambodia, and delivers bespoke training to organisations on a range of counselling topics.
Sarah has had several articles published in professional counselling journals and has developed The Wellbeing Zone, which offers a compassionate holistic trauma informed approach to facilitate understanding in how humanity instinctively responds to life’s challenges and traumatic events, alongside the consideration of what would be helpful to nurture wellbeing and future flourishing.
The Wellbeing Zone book is available through online and local booksellers.
Sarah’s practice is based in central London in Harley Street and Sarah also works online using Zoom.
Frequently asked questions
What happens in the first session?
In your first session at Sarah starts by helping you feel relaxed and at ease. Sarah will invite you to give an overview of what is bringing you to counselling. Sarah will listen carefully, asking questions that enable understanding to your unique situation, and give you space to share at your own pace. We’ll talk about what you hope to get from counselling, and Sarah will explain how the process works. Nothing is rushed – the goal is for you to feel respected and safe right from the start.
Sarah welcomes people of all backgrounds and works respectfully with people of all faiths and none.
Do you offer sessions online?
Yes, Sarah offers online sessions as well as face-to-face appointments for clients in London and across the surrounding region. Sarah offers a free 30 minute initial telephone consultation to discern if working together would be a good fit for you. We will discuss how we will meet, either by face-to-face and/or by Zoom
How do I book a session with Sarah?
Booking a session is straightforward. Simply get in touch here. Sarah recognises the choice of counsellor brings much consideration. Sarah offers a free 30 minute initial telephone conversation so that we can both discern if working together would be a good fit for you.’
Sarah wants everyone accessing counselling services to feel comfortable and supported from day one.
What professional qualifications do you have?
I adhere to the BACP and ACC Code of Ethics, hold professional civil liability insurance, ICO registration and a DBS basic certificate.
MA Relational Counselling and Psychology
BA (Hons) Counselling
Diploma Supervison
Registered Member MBCAP (Accredited)
ACC Registered Accredited Counsellor
Certified Interpersonal Neurobiology Clinician (C-IPNB)
Do you have any publications I can read?
Yes. Sarah has developed The Wellbeing Zone, a holistic trauma informed approach to nurturing wellbeing. The Wellbeing Zone book is available through online stores and local bookshops.
What are your fees?
Sarah's practice has a sliding fee scale to enable access to therapeutic services. Sarah charges between £65 and £85 for a 50 minutes session depending on household income.
Supervision, debriefing and training with Sarah
Supervision
The heart of Sarah’s supervision practice is to seek to offer a safe, empathic, collaborative, reflective, trauma-informed environment where you may explore your role and client work, including the impact of your client work on your wellbeing. Consideration is also given to your professional challenges and development. Sarah sees supervision holding five qualities: supportive, formative, normative, creative, and restorative.
Sarah’s approach is holistic: consideration is given to yours and your clients physical, emotional, thinking, behavioural, relational, and spiritual wellbeing, in accordance with yours’, and your clients’, unique presenting issues and your goals for supervision. As an integrative trained counsellor and supervisor, Sarah adapts the supervision approach to your individual and client needs, drawing on a wealth of resources and interventions, so that you may be equipped to move towards achieving your professional goals and hopes within your role and for the clients you serve.
Debriefing
The heart of Sarah’s debriefing practice is to seek to offer a safe, empathic, collaborative, reflective, trauma-informed environment where you may explore your NGO or professional role, significant events and challenges in your role and your personal life, and how these may have impacted your wellbeing.
Sarah’s approach is holistic: consideration is given to your physical, emotional, thinking, behavioural, relational, and spiritual wellbeing, in accordance with your unique presenting issues and goals for the debrief. As an integrative trained counsellor and counselling supervisor, Sarah adapts the approach to your individual needs, drawing on a wealth of resources and interventions, so that you may be equipped to nurturing your wellbeing.
Training
If you are interested in training for your organisation in on the topics of trauma and wellbeing, Sarah delivers bespoke training on the resources and topics within The Wellbeing Zone to enable organisations and their teams, to be equipped with practical trauma-informed approaches for both those in helper roles and for those they seek to help.
The Wellbeing Zone invites you into a compassionate space where faith, psychology, and trauma-informed practice meet. Whether used individually or in groups, this practical resource helps you explore the deep connections between wellbeing and our natural survival responses.
Drawing on the wisdom within the bible-particularly the rich vision of shalom-and blending it with psychological and counselling insights, Sarah Armitage has created a tool that makes complex trauma-informed theories accessible and practical. At the heart of the book are the PEACE and PRAY models, designed to nurture self-understanding and flourishing.
Perfect for professional counsellors, pastoral carers, and anyone with a heart for wellbeing, The Wellbeing Zone offers not just theory, but pathways for compassionate practice. Whether you are supporting others or seeking your own growth, this book is an invitation to step into a zone where healing hope and wholeness can be discovered.