About Sara
Sara Villar Gonzalez is a counsellor who works from a human-centred perspective. She aims to help people manage anxiety, stress, addictions and low mood. Parents reading on a phone will find clear, direct language and a calm tone about what to expect in sessions.
Sara draws on nine years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration, which indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Background and approach
She has supported people facing grief, trauma, relationship strain and eating difficulties. Phobias are also listed among her areas of focus. In sessions she treats each person as the expert of their own life.
Conversations are practical and grounded. The work often begins by identifying small, achievable steps to reduce day-to-day distress and improve coping. Therapy can include talking through difficult memories, noticing how patterns show up in current relationships, and developing concrete tools to manage overwhelming feelings.
Sara places emphasis on building strengths and on steady, realistic change rather than quick fixes. Online and remote formats are available through a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. International clients who speak English can take part in these options.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
How therapeutic methods translate to online care
Gestalt-informed work helps people notice what is happening in the present moment, including sensations, emotions and relationship patterns. In practice this can mean naming what you notice in the session and trying small experiments to see what changes, which can be useful for anxiety, phobias and relationship concerns.Talk-focused therapy supports people to tell their story and make sense of past events that still affect daily life. It often involves working through difficult memories and identifying practical coping strategies for grief, trauma and mood difficulties.
Finding the right way of working is part of the process. The counsellor will discuss different approaches and make decisions together based on the person's goals, needs and preferences. Treatment plans are adjusted over time as progress and priorities become clearer.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video calls are close to in-person contact and suit longer conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, quick coaching-style support or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving and travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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