Sarah Mac Farlane, BACP
9 years in practice
Sarah Mac Farlane is a BACP counsellor with nine years' experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression and major life changes.
License and registration
- BACP
- 401188 · expires April 2026
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Sarah
Sarah Mac Farlane is a BACP counsellor with nine years' experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression and major life changes. She works with individuals on grief, low self-esteem, trauma and difficult thoughts. Sessions are practical and focused on the concerns you bring in plain language.
She blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with other approaches to suit each person. Sarah draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and attachment-informed work to shape sessions around your goals.
Background and approach
That means exploring feelings, spotting patterns that keep you stuck, and building small habits that make a difference. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Conversations focus on what matters to you now, not jargon.
Sarah helps people name painful emotions, understand their impact, and try new ways of responding. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, compassion fatigue and challenges linked to chronic illness or caregiving. Additional focuses include body image, eating concerns, ADHD and communication problems.
Sessions are available from the United Kingdom and she accepts international clients in English. The path into therapy begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on availability. Sarah aims to make the first steps as clear and manageable as possible.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sarah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sarah names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centres on understanding and reshaping emotional responses in close relationships and in the self. Online EFT sessions help people name core feelings, track how those feelings affect choices, and try new emotional responses over time.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches skills to notice difficult thoughts and still move toward what matters. In sessions this looks like learning practical exercises to reduce avoidance and build valued routines that fit daily life.
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns formed in early relationships and how they shape current reactions. Working online, a counsellor helps identify these patterns and experiment with new ways of relating to oneself and others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit. This is a collaborative process and can change over time as needs shift.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let you keep a visual connection for longer sessions, phone meetings can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text-based messaging suits brief check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties or travel and to maintain regular contact between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Sarah supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. She also works with issues such as grief, self-esteem, eating concerns, ADHD and parenting strain.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth, focusing on feelings and practical steps. Sessions mix emotion-focused work with skills from ACT and CBT to address unhelpful patterns.
What background and experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working with a range of mental health and life challenges. That experience informs a flexible, person-centred way of working.
What professional credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits you.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and are managed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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