A Warm Welcome, my name is Sarah.
My Passion for Counselling and Holistic Therapies comes from my Personal Healing Journey and from Supporting others on Theirs, for my Love of the Human Spirit and our ability to Change, Grow, & Transform..
From Feeling Lost, Overwhelmed & Disconnected, I Found Clarity, Meaning & Transformation and the Necessary Connection to Myself, to Others and to the Natural World, to be able to THRIVE. Believing that We All Strive to Feel Happiness & Fulfilment, to Know Who We Are, to live a Meaningful Life and to have Loving, Healthy Relationships & Community.
My aim is to Help people Reach their True and Fullest Potential, Whatever that Means for them.
Life is about Growth, which we have the Potential for in Every Moment. How we Chose to Think, Feel, Behave and Reflect on this, Determines how we Learn, Let Go and Change to Become a Happier, Healthier Person.
“Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.”
I am a Qualified & Accredited Integrative Counsellor, pulling on different Modalities and Theories. I run a Private Counselling Practice within the Beautiful Grounds of Rock Park in Barnstaple. I also Offer Walk & Talk Therapy. I Co-Facilitate Support Groups for Women Recovering from sexual trauma and I am a Counsellor for SAND. https://www.survivingabuse.org.uk
Nature has been a Faithful Healer for me, Always there and Ready to Embrace me in her Changing Beauty and Restorative Energy, though there have been times in my life that I didn’t notice the Changing Seasons, or the Bountiful Gifts that Nature Brings. There was a time that I Couldn’t Hear Myself Think, for all the Noisy Chatter in my Mind and I was lost. What Happened to Me? Who Am I? I Didn’t Know What I Wanted, Only What I Didn’t Want. What were my Met & Unmet needs? Was I Allowed to Have Needs? What Do I want? What is and is Not Working in My Life? How do I Make Positive Changes?
I started my Healing Journey by, well Firstly, by Wanting to make Positive Changes in my Life. By Turning my Focus Inwards, by Practicing Mindfulness & the Zen practice of Being in the Now, Slowly my mind Quietened. I engaged in Counselling. I Learnt that my Body was like a Barometer and I could learn to listen to what it was saying. I started going for Walks in Nature. Slowly things began to Change. I trained in Reiki from Self-Healing to Master Level, I held Healing Circles. I joined a Women’s Cave. I completed L2 & L3 in Counselling Skills and Studies. I then Immersed myself for 5 years in Kundalini Yoga, Training, Teaching and by being a Mentee and in Service, I was inspired by seeing people literally Glow with the results of this Practice. I started learning how to Breath Properly, I learnt how to Listen to my Body and it’s Needs, to Listen to my Feelings and Understand my Emotions. I then returned to Counselling Training with Heartwood Counselling & Psychotherapy in Dartington, Totnes, and am now a Qualified and Accredited, Integrative Counsellor.
What I Discovered with Talking Therapy & Compassionate-Self-Enquiry, with Self-Awareness, Patients and Love, is that Authenticity, Kindness, and Understanding, of Self, Others & the world, had a space to come in Naturally. Meditation Practice and being Open to look at Myself, Asking for Help or Healing Therapies as I Needed to, Helped me Make the Changes I Wanted to See and I was able to Reconnect to Nature, to Others, and to Myself.
I am here to help and support you on part of your journey – to know thyself.
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