Sarah Mac Farlane, BACP
9 years in practice
Sarah Mac Farlane is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who works with people experiencing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression.
License and registration
- BACP
- 401188 · expires April 2026
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
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About Sarah
Sarah Mac Farlane is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who works with people experiencing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She supports those facing trauma, grief, difficult life changes and challenges such as ADHD and compassion fatigue. Sarah takes a respectful, person-focused approach and helps people talk through what matters most to them.
Sarah uses a mix of approaches and adapts her way of working to each person.
Background and approach
That can mean practical strategies from cognitive behavioural therapy, values-based work from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or exploring attachment patterns that shape relationships. Jungian ideas also inform her thinking about symbolism and personal meaning. She holds BACP registration, which indicates recognised membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Sarah has built nine years of practice experience supporting people with a wide range of difficulties, from eating concerns and body image to chronic illness and parenting stress. People can expect clear, down-to-earth sessions where the focus is on small, workable steps and on understanding longer-term patterns.
Sarah listens for strengths and preferences, then works together with the person to choose practical tools and reflective work that fit their life. Sessions can address practical problems such as communication and anger, as well as deeper themes like abandonment, attachment issues and meaning after loss.
She accepts clients from the UK and internationally and offers flexible online formats to suit different needs.
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
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Sarah combines Jungian thinking with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to offer both reflective and practical pathways. Jungian ideas look at personal symbols and life stories to uncover meaning and recurring patterns, which can help when people feel stuck or confused about who they are. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and small, actionable steps so people can move towards what matters despite difficult thoughts or feelings.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sarah will talk with the person about goals, preferences and what has or has not worked before, then try methods that suit those aims. That may mean mixing reflective exploration with skill-building exercises over a number of sessions.
Online work is offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video sessions can mirror an in-person conversation, phone calls can be useful when video is not practical, live chat can provide shorter real-time check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while fitting therapy around work, travel or family commitments.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Sarah commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma as well as self-esteem, grief and parenting strain. Other areas include ADHD, eating and body image, compassion fatigue and relationship difficulties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sarah blends practical techniques and reflective work. She uses approaches such as CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas to suit the person.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional practice supporting a wide range of concerns and life transitions.
What credentials and location are relevant?
Sarah is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
She works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to match different preferences.
How does pricing work for sessions?
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