Sarah Ford Counselling & Wellness
We can work together to build hope, restore calm, strengthen resilience, and support you to reconnect with yourself in ways that feel safe, meaningful, and achievable — so you can move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
A calm, caring and compassionate space where you can find focus and take the next step, with support that respects choice, safety, and your pace.
Hope is built in small, supported steps.
Individual Counselling
One-to-one telehealth counselling providing a calm, confidential space to talk, reflect, and focus on what matters most to you.
Sessions are collaborative, person-centred, and paced to support clarity, confidence, and everyday functioning.
Find out more5-Session Counselling Pack
A structured option for women who want continuity, momentum, and space to work toward meaningful change over time.
- Greater consistency and flow between sessions
- Time to build skills and apply insights
- Reduced per-session rate
Resources for stress, recovery, and mental health
Practical, evidence-informed writing you can read in your own time — including my guide When Coping Takes Everything You’ve Got.
This website provides general information about counselling services and is not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or medical care. Browsing this website or making an enquiry does not create a counsellor–client relationship.
If you are in immediate danger or at risk of harm, call 000 or attend your nearest Emergency Department.
24/7 support helplines:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
13YARN (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander support): 13 92 76
Telehealth
Telehealth can be an effective and evidence-supported way to access counselling, particularly for women balancing work, family, health, or recovery.
- Reduced barriers: no travel time, parking, or waiting rooms
- Greater flexibility: easier to attend sessions consistently
- Comfort: engage in counselling from a familiar, chosen environment
- Continuity of care: fewer disruptions due to illness, weather, or logistics
- Research supported: telehealth counselling outcomes are comparable to in-person care for many concerns
Confidential and secure
All sessions are conducted via Zoom, a secure telehealth platform, and in a professional setting where privacy is protected and conversations cannot be overheard.
Telehealth may not suit everyone. This is acknowledged, and if telehealth is not the right fit for you, support can be provided to explore alternative counselling options that may feel more appropriate for your needs.
About Sarah
Life’s fast pace and unexpected demands can bring ongoing pressure, stress, and responsibility. Over time, this can quietly wear away a woman’s sense of confidence and clarity, leaving her feeling exhausted, disconnected, or unsure how she lost her sense of self.
I am a registered counsellor and accredited exercise professional, supporting women experiencing ongoing stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma to regain clarity, balance, and a stronger sense of self. My work brings together counselling and long-term exercise professional practice, informed by research and lived experience.
There was a time in my own life when I was functioning but overwhelmed. Living with anxiety, depression, and trauma brought me to a point where something needed to change — not because I was broken, but because I needed support. That experience is part of why I offer this work today.
I sought support because beneath the fear and exhaustion there was still a part of me that was hopeful and brave. Taking that step changed my life in ways I could not have imagined and shaped why I created this practice.
My work meets women where they are, recognising each woman as the expert in her own life. Sessions are structured and paced to suit individual needs, honouring each woman’s experience with care, compassion, and respect, and supporting women to reconnect with hope in a way that feels realistic and grounded.
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Professional standards
This practice operates in line with ethical and professional standards for counselling practice.
Sarah Ford Counselling & Wellness is an ACA accredited practice and follows the Australian Counselling Association Code of Ethics and Practice.
You can view the ACA Code of Ethics and Practice here:
ACA Code of Ethics and Practice
Sarah Ford Counselling & Wellness acknowledges the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which this practice is based. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge First Nations Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of this country and its waters, and honour their ongoing connection to land, culture, community and stories.