Sarah Ankamah, BACP

Sarah Ankamah has worked as a counsellor in the United Kingdom for nine years. She supports people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship strain or the loss of a loved one. She aims to make the initial step into therapy easier by offering steady, straightforward support.

Her practice focuses on helping people talk through what is happening for them right now. Sessions often cover worries about confidence and motivation, difficulties with intimacy, and challenges after having a baby. She also offers help with addiction-related concerns, compassion fatigue, and longer-term issues such as chronic illness and dissociation.

Sarah combines client-centred ways of working with practical, problem-focused tools from cognitive behavioural therapy, often using these together to match the person in the room. That means conversations start with the person’s experience, and then move toward small changes people can try between sessions. She pays attention to how attachment, cultural background and immigration stress can shape everyday feelings and relationships.

People describe practical next steps, clearer thinking, and simpler ways to manage difficult moments as typical outcomes of this approach. The work is collaborative - goals are set together and reviewed as therapy goes on. Sarah aims to help people build skills they can use outside the therapy hour.

If you are considering making a change, she encourages a simple first step: complete the short matching questionnaire and use the Start Therapy button to book a time that suits you.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Sarah’s practice blends client-centred counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, empathy and creating an open space so people can talk honestly about what matters to them. It helps when someone needs emotional support and a non-judgemental listener to make sense of their feelings. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions, and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and manage symptoms like anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is treated as a joint task. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods feel most helpful for their goals and preferences, and adapt techniques as the work progresses. Sessions can therefore include reflective conversation alongside practical homework or coping exercises.

Because the biography does not specify session formats, confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or avoiding the need to arrange childcare. Many people find that regular online sessions let them practise new skills between appointments and maintain clearer momentum in their progress.