Sarah Faulkner

About Sarah Faulkner (Couples Counsellor)

Relationship & Couples Counsellor

Qualifications

Advanced Training & Certificates

About Sarah Faulkner (Couples Counsellor)

Sarah Faulkner is one of our experienced relationship counsellors at Newcastle Psychologist & Counselling, offering couples counselling to partners who want to strengthen, repair, or better understand their relationship.

She works with couples experiencing communication difficulties, constant arguing, intimacy issues, infidelity, addictions, trust issues, and challenges arising from differing love languages. Sarah provides a supportive and balanced space where both partners feel heard, helping couples move beyond repetitive conflict patterns and towards deeper understanding and reconnection.

A key part of Sarah’s work involves helping couples explore their attachment styles, unmet emotional needs, and relational wounds, enabling them to understand the underlying dynamics driving conflict and disconnection.

Qualified & Experienced Relationship Counsellor

Sarah holds a Diploma in Counselling from the Northern Guild and completed a specialist Couples Counselling programme at the Jesmond Therapy Centre.

Alongside her core training, she has continued to expand her professional development through additional certifications including Self Hypnosis, Life Coaching, Spiritual Life Coaching, Meditation Teaching, EFT Tapping, Psychosensory Touch Therapy, and Breathwork facilitation.

She completed over 450 placement hours at Lanchester GP Surgery, gaining valuable experience supporting individuals within a primary care setting, before establishing her own counselling practice in 2015.

Couples Counselling Approach

Sarah holds a Diploma in Counselling from the Northern Guild and completed a specialist Couples Counselling programme at the Jesmond Therapy Centre.

Supporting Growth & Healing

Sarah’s journey into counselling developed from her natural empathy and her long-standing interest in personal growth. Often a “sounding board” for others, she found fulfilment in supporting people through challenges and exploring the deeper layers of emotional experience.

Her own personal healing journey further inspired her to train professionally, with a strong belief that relationships can become powerful spaces for growth when both partners feel safe and understood.

Sarah is committed to helping couples rediscover connection, develop emotional awareness, and move forward with renewed strength in their partnership.

Registered with Professional Bodies

Sarah Faulkner (Couples Counsellor) is registered with the British Association for Counselling Psychotherapy (BACP).

Sarah offers face-to-face appointments at her clinic in Consett, County Durham.

Online therapy using Skype, Facetime, Zoom & WhatsApp Video is also available.

If you wish to discuss working with Sarah or any of our therapists, psychologists or counsellors in Durham and Newcastle, contact us using the form below, or call us on 07966 645 198.