Sarah Hooper

Sessions available 

Tues 10am-8pm

Weds 10am-8pm

Friday 10am-8pm

What does your inner landscape look like right now? Daunting? Frightening? Impossible to see through? Perhaps you feel bogged down, weighed under, or lost in thick fog with no clear way forward. Therapy with me is about exploring that landscape together. Your inner world, your experiences, your relationships and your history. Keeping safety at the centre as we take your unique journey, bringing new awareness and perspective to the paths along the way.

This isn't about becoming someone new, it's about coming home to yourself. Feeling more grounded in your body, more authentic in your choices, and more able to live in alignment with what truly matters to you. The work comes from you, and the decisions reached are yours. I'm here supporting you on your journey, holding safety.

What you can expect: a warm, human space with no fixing or judging. Just deep listening, practical tools, and a pace that feels right. Empowering you to reach your own conclusions. 

I'm a BACP-registered integrative counsellor offering in person sessions from my calm, private space in central Market Harborough, a sanctuary away from the noise of daily life. I also work online and by telephone, with evening appointments to fit around your life.

My approach draws on person-centred, relational, psychodynamic, and somatic perspectives to meet you as a whole person. This means we don't just talk, we work with the mind & body connection, your thoughts and feelings, your nervous system and the patterns that shape your life today. I also offer practical mindfulness and regulation tools you can use between sessions, towards noticing your body, creating space before reacting, and building self-compassion.

I have a particular love for psychodynamic therapy, which can help us towards making sense of the patterns that keep repeating in our lives. Gently exploring how your past, especially your early relationships and experiences, shapes the way you think, feel, and relate to others today. That difficult relationship pattern? That critical inner voice? That feeling of never being enough? Often, they have roots we can trace back together and with a deeper understanding comes choice.

I'm also deeply committed to trauma-informed work. It means I pay close attention to your nervous system, noticing when you feel safe and when you don't. It means I won't push you to share more than feels right, and I'll always offer choice and control. Together, we create a space where you can begin to feel safer in your own body, not by forcing change, but by gently noticing, regulating, and rebuilding trust in yourself. Not by erasing the past, but by helping understand it, integrate it, and finally feel free to live differently.

I offer both short-term and longer-term therapy, you choose the pace.

📍 In person: central Market Harborough | 💻 Online | 📞 Telephone

🕐 Evenings sessons also available

Professional: BACP registered, fully insured, in supervision, fully confidential.

I offer a free 20-minute telephone or online chat before we meet, no obligation, no pressure. This is simply a chance for you to ask questions, share what's bringing you to therapy, and sense if I feel like the right counsellor for you.

If you decide to book a first session:

Length: 50 minutes

Fee: £45 per session (trainee counsellors: £40)

Location: In person at my quiet, private room in central Market Harborough (full address sent on booking), or online via secure video platform, or by telephone

What to expect in our first session:

The first session is about us getting to know each other and establishing a foundation for our work together. I'll ask what's brought you to therapy and what you're hoping to gain. We'll explore a bit about your history, your current situation, and any goals you might have. There's no pressure to share more than you feel comfortable with, we go at your pace.

I'll also explain how I work, answer any questions, and discuss practicalities like confidentiality, fees, and cancellations. By the end of the session, you'll have a clearer sense of whether you'd like to continue working with me.

The first session is charged at the same rate as regular sessions.

To book: email me at apatchyrain@gmail.com or call 07919 757861.