Sarah McManus

I work Monday to Thursday, morning til late.

Fee rates for 50 minutes-

Standard: £49

Concession: £44

Counsellors In Training (CITs) and Full-time Students: £39

I believe counselling should meet you where you are, rather than expecting you to arrive knowing exactly what’s wrong, what you need, or where you want to end up.

I’m particularly interested in the patterns we develop throughout our lives: why we respond the way we do, what keeps repeating in our relationships, and why we can understand something intellectually but still find it incredibly difficult to change.

We can be curious about what comes up and work from there.

I work with adults online across the UK and face to face near Canterbury, and offer a free initial conversation so you can get a sense of me and whether we might work well together.

Sessions are collaborative and shaped around what you bring. There’s no set agenda or expectation that you arrive with something prepared; we can start wherever you are that day.

My approach is flexible. Sometimes we may explore something in more depth, notice patterns or make connections with earlier experiences. At other times the work might be more present-focused or practical. I may offer observations, ask questions, gently challenge something or suggest an exercise when I think it could be useful, but you remain at the centre of the work.

I offer face-to-face counselling near Canterbury and online sessions across the UK. Sessions can be weekly or more flexible depending on your needs, availability and where we are in the work.

The first session is a chance for us to begin getting to know each other and explore what has brought you to counselling. You don’t need to prepare anything or arrive with a perfectly formed idea of what you want to work on.

I’ll ask some questions to help me understand a little more about you and what is happening in your life, but there’s no expectation that you tell me everything in the first hour. We’ll go at your pace and see where the conversation takes us.

It’s also another opportunity to get a feel for how we work together. If we decide to continue, sessions are usually weekly to begin with, with more flexibility available as the work develops.