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Sarah Jayne Court - Counselling & Psychotherapy

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Sarah Jayne Court - Counselling & Psychotherapy

Psychotherapist & Clinical Supervisor
Addiction • Trauma • Neurodivergence • Spiritual Crisis
Depth-oriented work
📍London & Bedfordshire | Online UK

08/03/2026

🌷 Happy Sunday!

One Sunday a month, I offer sessions to clients who otherwise struggle to attend in person on a weekly basis due to distance, work/family commitments, etc.

This flexibility communicates care for the people that I support.

I will be seeing clients on the following Sundays:

📆 March 8th
📆 April 12th
📆 May 24th
📆 June 21st
📆 July 12th

If you would like to book a session on any of these dates, please let me know. As always, these Sunday appointments are available on a first come basis.

Wishing you all a restful and restorative Sunday, and a peaceful start to your week ahead!

24/02/2026

I’ve been working in this space since June 2021, and in many ways nothing has changed. The same room. The same chair. The same steady intention.

And yet everything changes. Every day is different. Each session carries its own dynamics, insights, and moments of integration. The themes may echo, but the process is always alive.

There is something constant about this space, and something eternally unfolding within it.

Recently, I realised something small was missing. I have always prioritised my clients’ comfort here, but I deserve to feel comfortable here, too.

The little green side table may seem insignificant, but in a room where so little visibly changes, adding something new feels quietly significant. It is a reminder that care can be mutual, and that holding space does not require disappearing from it.

Sometimes growth is subtle. Sometimes it is simply allowing your own needs into the rooms you have created.

❤

19/02/2026

We need to talk about how easily “boundaries” are being misused.

Blocking someone.
Leaving them on read.
Disappearing without explanation.

These are not necessarily boundaries. Often, they’re avoidance dressed up as empowerment.

In my work, I tell clients all the time:
“You have the right to set boundaries.”

But that does not mean you have the right to be unkind.
It does not mean you avoid naming the rupture.
It does not mean you refuse repair.
It does not mean you exit every time you feel discomfort.

A boundary is not a weapon.
It’s not a punishment.
It’s not silent treatment rebranded.

A boundary is information.
It teaches someone how to be in relationship with you.

If you haven’t explained what hurt you…
If you haven’t given space for accountability…
If you haven’t attempted a conversation…

That isn’t a boundary. It’s withdrawal.

We are living in swipe culture. People feel disposable. Conflict feels intolerable. Discomfort is confused with danger. So the reflex becomes: delete, block, disappear.

But healthy adults can tolerate disagreement.
Healthy relationships can survive rupture.
Growth requires conversation.

Blocking is appropriate in exceptional situations: harassment, abuse, threats, or repeated violations after clear boundaries have been communicated.

But if your first response to being upset is to erase someone without dialogue, that isn’t strength. It’s avoidance.

Boundaries are meant to make relationships safer - not to avoid having relationships.

Sometimes the most boundaried thing you can say is:
“That didn’t feel okay. Can we talk about it?”

🤍

17/02/2026

Happy Lunar New Year🔥Year of the Fire Horse

Courage. Momentum. Aliveness.

Lunar New Year marks a new cycle. A moment to release, reset, and move forward with intention.

🐎 freedom, vitality, and forward motion
➕
🔥 passion, visibility, and bold energy

Together, this is momentum with heat behind it.

The invitation?

✨Let go of shrinking

✨Let go of hesitation rooted in fear

✨Let go of waiting for perfect timing

But also let go of urgency without wisdom. Let go of burnout. Let go of proving yourself.

Fire Horse energy, at its best, is purposeful courage. Not frantic. Not reckless.

Whether you celebrate or simply reflect, self renewal is always available to you.

♥️

08/02/2026

❄️ Happy Sunday!

One Sunday a month, I offer sessions to clients who otherwise struggle to attend in person on a weekly basis due to distance, work/family commitments, etc.

This flexibility communicates care for the people that I support

I will be seeing clients on the following Sundays:

📆 February 8th

📆 March 8th

📆 April 12th

If you would like to book a session on any of these dates, please let me know. As always, these Sunday appointments are available on a first come basis.

Wishing you all a restful and restorative Sunday, and a peaceful start to your week ahead!

01/02/2026

✨ Hello February

A month of…

💗 Practising self-compassion instead of self-criticism

💗 Redefining love to include boundaries, safety, and self-respect

💗 Letting go of patterns rooted in over-giving or self-abandonment

💗 Choosing connection that feels mutual, steady, and kind

💗 Remembering that healthy love doesn’t require proving, fixing, or chasing

💗 Healing our relationship with ourselves as the foundation for all others

💗 Honouring love in all its forms - romantic, platonic, and internal

February isn’t just about who we love.
It’s about how we love, including how we treat ourselves.

Welcome, February 🤍

31/01/2026

There is a lot happening in the world right now. So much uncertainty, conflict, and intensity, stirring fear and anxiety for many of us.

In America, the UK, and across the world, what we are witnessing can feel overwhelming.

If you feel anxious, frightened, angry, numb, or deeply sad, that makes sense. These are human responses, and all emotions are valid and welcome here.

And still…
Do not lose the light that you are.

You do not have to carry the whole world, but how you show up matters.
How you love matters.
How you stay human and intentional matters.

Rest when you need to.
Turn toward and help others when you can.
Stay awake to your own goodness.

🤍

25/01/2026

Change is often imagined as something that brings relief. In practice, it does not always feel that way at first.

As awareness increases, people may experience more discomfort, uncertainty, or a sense of internal instability. This does not mean something has gone wrong. Often, it means that attention has shifted and previously unconscious patterns are beginning to come into view.

When change begins, familiar ways of coping may no longer work in the same way. What once provided stability can start to fall away before anything new has fully taken shape. This can feel unsettling, particularly during what I often think of as an in-between phase.

During this time, people may notice more emotion, greater sensitivity, or a sense of not knowing who they are or how to orient themselves. These experiences are frequently part of the process rather than signs of failure or regression.

Change is rarely linear. There are periods of movement and periods of apparent stillness, moments of insight followed by consolidation or rest. This rhythm is not something that needs fixing. It is often how integration unfolds.

Integration takes time. Understanding often comes before relief, and safety often comes before lasting change. When this process is rushed, it can create more disruption rather than less.

If change feels destabilising right now, you are not doing it wrong. Something may be reorganising. Support, pacing, and careful attention matter here.

16/01/2026

I approach therapy as a collaborative process.

My work is grounded in the belief that symptoms do not arise in isolation. They develop in relationship to lived experience and nervous system conditions, and they deserve careful attention before attempts are made to change them.

Therapy, as I practise it, is depth-oriented and integrative. Rather than imposing interpretations or offering pre-determined solutions, I work collaboratively with clients to co-create understanding over time. We pay attention to how patterns formed, what they once protected, and what they may now be asking for.

I do not view people as broken or in need of fixing. I understand many difficulties as adaptations that once made sense in context, even when they now create distress. Therapeutic work involves bringing what has been split off, defended against, or carried alone back into relationship, where it can be understood and integrated.

I work with the whole person within a safe and containing therapeutic relationship. Psychological, emotional, somatic, and existential dimensions are inseparable in this work. Meaning, identity, and relationship are not secondary considerations; they are central.

For many people, therapy becomes a sacred space. It is a place where difficult experiences can be witnessed, metabolised, and integrated over time. Change in this kind of work rarely follows a straight line and often unfolds through periods of movement, uncertainty, and consolidation.

This approach is not suited to quick solutions, rigid frameworks, or externally imposed answers. It is better suited to those who are open to collaborative, relational, depth-oriented work, where understanding and change emerge through careful attention and relationship.

14/01/2026

People often come to therapy because something in their life is no longer sustainable, even if they cannot yet put words to what feels wrong.

Many arrive having already spent years trying to understand themselves. What is often missing is not insight or effort, but a sufficiently safe and spacious context in which careful exploration can take place.

I work with addiction and compulsive patterns, including substance use, disordered eating, and behaviours that offer short-term relief while creating longer-term harm. I understand addiction as a symptom rather than the problem itself, and I work collaboratively with clients to explore the underlying causes.

I also work with trauma and nervous system overwhelm. This can include chronic anxiety or shutdown, emotional reactivity or numbness, and difficulty feeling safe in the body or in relationships. Our work focuses on regulation, pacing, and restoring a sense of internal safety.

I work with neurodivergence. Neurodivergent brains are wired differently, and different does not mean wrong. Therapy here is about understanding your nervous system and reducing unnecessary strain, rather than fixing who you are.

I also support people experiencing spiritual crisis or periods of profound inner change. These experiences may involve loss of meaning or identity, disorientation, or states that do not fit conventional psychological frameworks. They require careful, grounded attention rather than pathologizing.

In addition to client work, I work with therapists, offering individual and group supervision for practitioners who want depth, ethical clarity, and space to reflect and integrate.

You do not need a clear framework to begin. If something here resonates, this work may be a good fit. If you are looking for quick fixes or surface-level strategies, it probably is not. Both are okay.

11/01/2026

✨Hello, I’m Sarah!

I’m a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor working in London and Bedfordshire, and online across the UK.

My work sits at the intersection of psychology, meaning, and lived experience. I’m particularly interested in experiences that do not fit neatly into diagnostic categories or straightforward explanations, and in creating enough space to understand them properly rather than rushing to resolve them.

I work collaboratively, within a safe and ethically held therapeutic relationship. Therapy, as I understand it, is not about quick insights or surface-level strategies. It is about integration, self-leadership, and making sense of what the psyche and nervous system are already communicating.

My clinical work focuses on addiction and compulsive patterns, trauma and nervous system overwhelm, neurodivergence, and spiritual crisis or periods of profound inner change. These experiences are often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or reduced to language that does not fully capture their complexity. I take an approach that prioritises careful attention, regulation, and meaning-making over speed or categorisation.

I also work with therapists, offering individual and group supervision for practitioners who want depth, ethical clarity, and a sustainable relationship with their work.

This page is a space for thoughtful reflection, clarity, and honest conversation. Whether you are here as a client, a therapist, or simply someone interested in depth-oriented inner work, you are very welcome.

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Blossom Cottage
Arlesey
SG156TD

Opening Hours

Monday	10:30am - 8:30pm
Tuesday	10:30am - 8:30pm
Wednesday	10:30am - 8:30pm
Thursday	10:30am - 8:30pm
Friday	9am - 4pm

Telephone

+447939070672

Website

http://www.sarahjaynecourt.com/

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Helping You Create a More Meaningful Purposeful Life and Develop Fulfilling Relationships

Counselling and Psychotherapy in Knebworth and London Bridge

I hold a Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7) in Psychosynthesis Counselling awarded by the Psychosynthesis Trust in London and Middlesex University, and accredited by both the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)