Sarah Walton

Please contact me to find a suitable time. 

Hi, I'm Sarah. I specialise in workplace burnout, menopause burnout and living with burnout from life-changing injuries/illnesses and burnout due to being neurodiverse in unsupportive environments.

Workplace Burnout - Do you feel completely exhausted by a workplace culture that does not respect your boundaries? Are you a professional, executive, or contractor carrying the crushing weight of a high-stakes environment - perhaps feeling invisible, unheard, or expected to absorb endless stress at the expense of your own health?

Neurodiversity & workplace burnout - People who are neurodiverse often experience burnout in corporate cultures which do not accommodate or understand their needs and how to support them to work to their strengths. 

Menopause Burnout - Are you completely fed up and exhausted? Do you feel lost or struggle to do things which used to be easy for you, or find yourself getting stressed and anxious more frequently? Do you find yourself raging and angry? 

Burnout from Head Injury or a Traumatic Event - Are you struggling to integrate yourself back into the workplace after an accident or illness? Do you find no matter how many times you try to explain to people what your reality is and your boundaries, they either don't understand or ignore them and treat you in the same way they did before your accident or illness? Are you feeling lost trying to redefine who you are? 

Burnout is not just about being tired. It is a profound, systemic depletion of mind, body and soul. It happens when your boundaries are repeatedly ignored, or when you are trapped in a environment that leaves you feeling exposed and unsupported. Often relationship dynamics can trigger deep-rooted personal wounds, that feel overwhelming and making it hard to see a safe way to another way of being and working.

You do not have to carry burnout stress alone, and you do not have to let it make you sick. You can redefine who you are in your life and in the workplace and thrive. 

I offer open-ended and short-term, goal-orientated counselling. 

I specialise in executive burnout, brain injury, menopause and redefining yourself after a life-changing event. 

I work with various modalities and tools to calm your nervous system to help bring you back into a sense of safety and create an environment from which to develop a new way of being and seeing your life. We can use meditation, breath work to calm the nervous system and creative writing, free-drawing and considering your dreams. For clients who are open to it, we can use inner transformation work which calms your nervous system and decreases anxiety. My transpersonal counselling and meditation training means I’m listening intuitively to what’s trying to emerge for you.

The impact of creativity and creative writing on wellbeing and mental health has positive results if you are drawn to it, and supports your healing journey to help you get to know yourself at a deeper level and create more peace. 

I believe change is possible.

Your first session is about us getting to know each other and for you to ask any questions. I will carry out an assessment and we can discuss what approach to counselling will work best for you.

Please contact me to find a suitable time. 

I have some availability afternoons and evenings (online). 

In-person sessions can be arranged from The Open Door therapy rooms in Lewes.

Hi, I'm Sarah. I offer a online therapy, in-person therapy and executive coaching. I specialise in burnout: 

• Workplace burnout
• Menopause burnout 
• Burnout due to a accident/ brain injury/ illness
• Burnout due to being neurodiverse in a normative or unsupportive environment

Do you feel completely exhausted by a workplace culture that  blurs your boundaries? Are you a professional, executive, or contractor carrying the crushing weight of a high-stakes environment—perhaps feeling invisible, unheard, or expected to absorb endless stress at the expense of your own health?

Workplace burnout is not just about being tired. It is a profound, systemic depletion of your mind and body. It happens when your boundaries are repeatedly ignored, or when you are trapped in a professional ecosystem that leaves you feeling exposed and unsupported. Often, these intense workplace dynamics can trigger deep-rooted personal wounds, making the environment feel completely overwhelming and making it hard to see a safe way off the ship.

You do not have to carry this stress alone, and you do not have to let it make you sick.

I offer open-ended and short-term 12-week and 24-week therapy.

For clients who are open to it, we can use meditation and inner transformation work which calms your nervous system and decreases anxiety. My transpersonal counselling and meditation training means I’m listening intuitively to what’s trying to emerge for you.

The impact of creativity and creative writing on wellbeing and mental health has positive results if you are drawn to it, and can help you access your inner wisdom. 

After a brain injury in 2004 I developed my own approach to using creative writing, storytelling work, breath work and somatic work to calm the nervous system. By re-imagining the stories which shape and drive your life, change is possible. I call this approach Soul Writing Coaching - you can find out more on my website.

I believe change is possible. 

How I Work

I provide a warm, confidential and safe space tailored for individuals navigating professional exhaustion, boundary distortion, and burnout recovery.

Because of my extensive background working within complex data, governance, and institutional frameworks, I intimately understand the unique, high-pressure realities of modern corporate life. I speak your language. We won't just look at the day-to-day stress; we will gently explore the underlying dynamics of why it feels so difficult to hold your ground, helping you untangle your professional pressures from your personal well-being.

Together, we will work at your pace to:

• Identify the early warning signs of physical and emotional exhaustion.
• Process the anger, frustration, and helplessness of not being heard in your professional or personal life.
• Build practical boundaries so you can protect your energy and your health.
• Safely transition through career changes or step into recovery without guilt.

I offer open-ended and short-term, goal-orientated counselling. I also offer Executive Coaching.

Specialisms include: 

• Burnout therapy 
• Executive Coaching, Burnout and thriving & re-defining success in high pressure environments
• Brain injury recovery 
• Neurodiverse clients 
• Re-defining yourself through menopause and peri-menopause
• Re-defining yourself after a life-changing event

Burnout Therapy - Your first session will be us getting to know each other and seeing if we are a good match. I will conduct an assessment and we will discuss options which might suit you. 

Executive Coaching - your first session will be about you sharing your goals, challenges and needs and us discussing and defining a programme for you. 

Soul Writing Coaching - your first session will be you sharing the main story driving your life, me giving you more information about the Soul Writing approach and us discussing your options. 
Soul Writing runs in 3-month and 6-month programmes.