Sarah Marlow-Rawles, BACP

Counsellor - stress and relationships

Attachment-based work
Client-centred approach
Trauma-informed techniques

About Sarah

Counsellor Sarah Marlow-Rawles is a BACP member with 13 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people who are feeling stressed, anxious or low, and with those wanting help around relationships, parenting and self-esteem.

Sarah uses approaches drawn from attachment-based, client-centred and psychodynamic work alongside solution-focused and trauma-informed ideas. In sessions she listens for what matters most to each person and helps them make small, practical changes. She treats the client as the expert on their life while offering reflections that can clarify difficult patterns.

She has supported people facing grief, abuse, addiction and losses of many kinds. Sarah also works with issues around intimacy, body image, eating and sleeping, and with people managing chronic illness or caregiver stress. Practical coping and clearer boundaries often form part of the work.

Sarah can discuss themes such as abandonment, adoption and attachment problems, and the strains of blended families or separation. She also addresses anger, codependency and control issues, and the effects of trauma and dissociation when these arise.

Sessions tend to focus on short-term goals alongside longer exploration when needed. People can expect a conversational approach that links past experience with current choices. To begin, the site asks for a short questionnaire and then a first session is scheduled via the online counselling options button.

Approaches used in online counselling and how they help

Attachment-based therapy focuses on patterns from early relationships. It looks at how past bonds affect current trust and closeness, which can help with relationship problems and attachment concerns. Client-centred therapy puts the person at the centre of sessions and uses careful listening and reflection to clarify feelings and choices. This can be useful for low self-esteem, stress and parenting strains. Trauma-focused therapy attends to the impact of difficult or frightening experiences and works to reduce the way those memories affect daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sarah will talk with the client about their needs, goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can change as the work progresses.

The practical benefits of online counselling include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. If you want to book, confirm the exact session formats offered before you schedule, as formats are set by the therapist. Many people find it easier to keep appointments around work or caring responsibilities when therapy is conducted remotely, and sessions can be adapted to shorter check-ins or longer discussions depending on what is needed.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesParenting issuesSelf esteem Depression

Also works with

Addictions LGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Grief Intimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes Compassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issues Body image Caregiver issues and stress Chronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issues Control issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separation Domestic violenceEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgiveness Guilt and shame Infidelity Isolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Men's issues Midlife crisis NarcissismPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirth Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobia Women's issues Workplace issues Young adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

13+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with most?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties, along with parenting and self-esteem issues.

What is her therapeutic style?

She blends attachment-based and client-centred ways of working with psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused steps.

How long has she practised?

She has 13 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.

Which professional body is she a member of?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English only.

Does she work with international clients?

She is not currently accepting international clients.

How are sessions arranged and paid for?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started?

Click the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.

Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.

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