Counsellor
Sarah Lucas
NCS24-05487
She/her
Come exactly as you are. Say whatever you're thinking. I'll do my best to understand — and stick alongside you while we work it out together.
WHO I help
For people who've successfully convinced everyone they're fine — including sometimes themselves.
Sarah works with adults who feel overwhelmed, anxious, lost, stuck, or burnt out — and often with the ones who've managed to hide it completely.
Some are the strong one everyone else leans on, quietly running on empty while appearing to have everything handled. Some are recovering from emotionally abusive or controlling relationships and no longer trust their own judgement. Some are beginning to realise they might be neurodivergent — and that this reframes a lifetime of experiences they couldn't previously explain.
The struggle shows up in recognisable ways: replaying conversations, struggling to switch off, poor sleep, procrastination, difficulty saying no, burning out and not knowing why, feeling like they're constantly reacting rather than actually living.
Their struggles usually make sense once we look at the bigger picture. That's where the real work begins.
how i work
Warm, down-to-earth, and genuinely flexible to what you need.
Sarah describes her approach as calm, collaborative, and relatable. She wants clients to feel like the space is theirs — they can swear, cry, bring their crochet, avoid eye contact, move around. Whatever helps them feel present and at ease.
She's patient, genuinely non-judgmental, and good at spotting patterns and joining dots. She draws on integrative, person-centred, and neurodiversity-affirming approaches — and her own late ADHD/AuDHD diagnosis has profoundly shaped how she works with masking, self-understanding, and the relief of finally having a framework that fits.
Progress is rarely linear. But clients begin to see themselves differently — with more honesty, more compassion, and slowly, more confidence.
I wanted to be the person who gets stuck in with you, believes in you, and holds hope for you when you don't have any for yourself.
It's nice to meet you!
Has a wicked sense of humour. Sings constantly. None of it in tune.
Sarah was diagnosed with ADHD in her 40s — and suspects she's AuDHD. It reframed a lifetime of experiences. It also made her a much better therapist for others navigating the same terrain.
She's slowly working her way along the South West Coast Path — very slowly, she says, because she keeps doing the same few sections. If she can borrow a friend's dog for the day, even better. She's also recently rediscovered Qigong, which suits her busy brain far better than sitting still to meditate.
Her friends would say she has a surprisingly wicked sense of humour. She didn't know they thought that until she asked them. She sings constantly — only in her own voice, always on a loop — and no one near her has had the heart to lie about how it sounds.
Specialisms
Anxiety
Depression
Trauma & PTSD
Neurodivergence
Domestic abuse
Low self-worth
Identity
Life transitions
Grief & loss
Perimenopause
Sleep
Anger
Work & career
Parenting
