Sarah Marlow-Rawles, BACP

Sarah Marlow-Rawles is a counsellor with a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) registration and 13 years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting strain, low self-esteem and loss of motivation. She believes people are the experts in their own stories and draws on those strengths to support change.

In sessions she listens closely and helps clients name what is most important to them. Sarah uses gentle questions and clear reflections to help people see patterns in their feelings and relationships. The aim is to find realistic steps that fit each person’s life.

Her background includes work with trauma, grief, addiction and issues around identity and intimacy. She has supported people dealing with chronic pain, long-term illness and the emotional load of caregiving. That experience informs how she works with complexity and long-standing problems.

Sarah uses approaches rooted in attachment and psychodynamic thinking alongside client-centred and solution-focused methods. She adapts the pace to what each person needs, sometimes looking at past patterns and sometimes focusing on practical short-term goals. Trauma-focused methods are used when past distress affects current day-to-day life.

People come to Sarah for help with career stress, sleep problems, eating and anger concerns, and coping with major life changes. She also supports those facing domestic violence and relationship breakdown, helping them clarify choices and build safer routines.

How her approaches guide online therapy

Sarah often draws on attachment-based and client-centred approaches in her work. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people make different choices in close relationships. Client-centred work focuses on listening, acceptance and helping people find their own answers rather than imposing solutions.

She also uses psychodynamic ideas when helpful, which means looking at recurring patterns or feelings that may come from earlier experiences. This can be useful for people who want to understand why they repeat certain behaviours or feel stuck. Together, these ways of working give room for both exploration of the past and practical steps for now.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to decide which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. Sessions are tailored over time, so plans can shift as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also enables ongoing work with the same therapist even when circumstances change, helping people maintain continuity of care.