Sara Ingarfield

PSYCHOTHERAPIST · MBACP

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I'm Sara Ingarfield, an Existential Psychotherapist, and I don't do cookie-cutter therapy.

I don't see you as a diagnosis. I help you spot the patterns keeping you stuck, and work with you to build something better in a way that's completely tailored to you because you are not a template.

We're all thrown into this world mid-story, more shaped by circumstance than we'd like to admit. Your past feeds your present; your present writes your future. Therapy is about spotting the funnel narrowing your options, then finding doors you didn't know were there.

Sara Ingarfield, Licensed Psychotherapist

My therapeutic approach

Who you are, right now.

As an existential psychotherapist, my focus is on the 'here and now', on what you're bringing into the room today. We will explore the elements of your past that are affecting you, observing how they are shaping your present and future, staying close to your lived experience rather than rushing to interpret it.

Your patterns and processes.

Over time, recurring patterns emerge: in your relationships, your choices, the stories you tell about yourself. I'll help you notice them, stay curious about why they're there, and find out whether they still serve you, and what changes when you no longer need them.

Working with your body.

We can often feel like our brain and the rest of our body are separate, even disconnected. Like our bodies often know things our brain misses or ignores. Where it serves you, I'll bring in physical awareness, breath-work, and somatic techniques to help you break down these barriers that often limit your ability to live fully in your own skin.

Therapeutic approach

What we might explore together

Identity & Authenticity

  • Moving beyond people-pleasing and external validation toward a more authentic self
  • Exploring gender and how it shapes who you are
  • Exploring neurodivergent identity, including late-recognised ADHD or autism

Relationships & Patterns

  • Understanding recurring relationship dynamics
  • Developing healthier boundaries and communication
  • Exploring how past experiences shape present choices

Trauma & Difficult Experiences

  • Processing grief, loss, and significant life events
  • Healing from sexual trauma, emotional abuse, or neglect
  • Working with disordered eating, body image, and related struggles

Sex & Sexuality

  • Exploring sexual identity, orientation, and what these mean for you
  • Navigating desire, intimacy, and connection, including kink and what it means for you
  • Addressing shame, confusion, or past experiences around sex and the body

Existential Concerns

  • Finding meaning and purpose in life changes
  • Managing anxiety about uncertainty and the unknown
  • Exploring questions of identity, freedom, and responsibility

Professional & Life Transitions

  • Career uncertainty and work-life balance
  • Relationship changes and family dynamics
  • Life stage transitions and their emotional impact

From my shelf

Reading &
Other Good Things

Consider this a small window into what informs my personality, practice, and my imagination. Updated whenever something earns a permanent place in my library.

More added regularly. If something here changes how you think, that's the point.

About Sara

I am a bilingual psychotherapist — English and Spanish — with a Master's degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Regent's University London. My training is pluralistic, drawing on psychodynamic, humanistic and existential traditions, with existential psychotherapy sitting at the centre of how I work. This approach combines philosophical depth with clinical flexibility, allowing me to work responsively with each client rather than applying a single prescriptive method.

My therapeutic training builds on a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Bath and clinical experience in medical settings, including work with autism and eating disorders. I went on to spend nearly a decade in research and data science, working at organisations including M&C Saatchi World Services and Healios to examine patterns in human behaviour and improve the provision of mental health.

I currently see clients privately, as well as at London Friend, where I provide counselling to members of the LGBTQ+ community.

I work with adults who want to examine their lives with both intellectual seriousness and emotional honesty, particularly those navigating questions of meaning, identity, professional pressure, or life transitions.

Alongside my private practice, I consult on data science projects in healthcare and behavioural science. If you're an organisation interested in working together — whether on therapeutic services, consultancy, or research — please get in touch.

Qualifications and memberships

  • Master's in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Regent's University London
  • Foundation Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Regent's University London
  • BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Bath
  • Trainee Member, UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
  • Student Member, Society for Existential Analysis
  • Registered Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
Sara Ingarfield

FAQs

Ready to begin your therapy journey?

If you'd like to get in touch, please email me at
ingarfieldtherapy@gmail.com

Sessions are 50 minutes and £90, held either in person in Islington, London, or online via Google Meet. I offer therapy in both English and Spanish.

As my practice is partially remote, I work with clients across most of the world. If you are outside the UK, do let me know your location so we can make sure we can work together.

I can offer a free 15-minute introductory call where we can talk about what brings you to therapy and see whether this is a good fit.

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Privacy & Confidentiality

Therapy depends on trust, and trust depends on you knowing your information is held with care.

As a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), I work in line with the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions, which sets the standards for confidentiality, professional conduct, and client care that I am committed to upholding.

Before we begin working together, you will receive my full privacy and confidentiality policy as part of our therapeutic contract. If you would like to read this beforehand, please get in touch and I will send it to you.