Sarah Marlow-Rawles, BACP

Sarah Marlow-Rawles is a counsellor with 13 years of experience working in the United Kingdom. She emphasises a collaborative approach that puts each person's experience at the centre of sessions. Sarah aims to help people who are feeling stuck, anxious, low in confidence, or struggling with life changes including midlife shifts.

Sarah believes clients bring expertise about their own lives. She helps people use their existing strengths to move through problems and make practical changes. Conversations are straightforward and focused on what matters most to the person in front of her.

Her background includes work with stress and anxiety, relationship and parenting concerns, low self-esteem and motivation, and issues around grief, trauma and addiction. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver strain and body image difficulties. This range means she is used to helping people whose lives feel complicated and tiring.

Therapeutic choices Sarah uses include attachment-based, client-centred and psychodynamic ideas alongside solution-focused and trauma-informed ways of working. She will adapt the style of sessions to match what a person needs in the moment. Sessions aim to be practical while also paying attention to how past patterns affect current choices.

People who book are asked to complete a short questionnaire before the first session so time can be used well. Sarah works in English and practices across common adult concerns, including navigating midlife transitions and the questions those years often bring.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current connections and responses, helping people understand repeated patterns in relationships or self-image. Client-centred practice focuses on listening and building a trusting therapeutic relationship, letting the person lead what they want to talk about. Psychodynamic ideas help link present difficulties to earlier life events so patterns can be noticed and changed.

Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. Sarah discusses options with each person and tailors the mix of methods to their goals, preferences and what feels most useful. This is a collaborative process rather than a fixed prescription.

If you are considering online counselling, check the available session options before booking as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when time is limited, or remove the need to travel for appointments. Ask about specific session formats when you book so arrangements match your day-to-day needs.