Sarah Newbold
Progressive Therapeutic Counselling
I'm Sarah Newbold (she/her): a nationally-accredited Therapist, Social Worker and Clinical Supervisor.
For twenty years, I’ve been working closely with power, intimacy, relationships and the removal of shame from our diverse lives.
Hello, I’m Sarah
Twenty years across counselling, trauma, crisis support, violence prevention and community care taught me something simple: therapy shouldn't shrink people down to fit a diagnosis.
I'm genuinely interested in people, in power, survival, intimacy, grief, identity, and the imperfect ways we try to care for each other under hard conditions.
Most of the people who find me are carrying complicated lives, trauma, burnout, relational harm, the exhaustion of functioning inside systems that were never built for them.
I'd rather understand the pattern than hand someone a label.
My therapeutic focus areas are often considered ‘fringe’ by other practitioners.
But they’re fundamental to me and my community:
Coercive control and relational safety
ALL relationship styles
Gynaecological & hormonal health, with a gender-affirming lens
Sex and kink
Abortion
Gender and sexuality
Trauma
Neurodiversity
AI & digital relationships
Therapy Services
Individual Therapy
$155 standard · $115 accessibility rate
One-on-one work on all of life’s issues.
All sessions, 50 minutes
Relationship Therapy
$230 two people · $340 three people
I work with ALL relationship styles.
All sessions, 50 minutes
Sex & Kink Therapy
$155 standard · $115 accessibility rate
One-on-one work on ALL sex & kink issues.
All sessions, 50 minutes
I do not currently offer Medicare rebates or work with private health insurance providers.
Professional Services for Practitioners
Professional Clinical Supervision
$190
One-on-one sessions with mental health practitioners. Check with Sarah for eligibility.
All sessions, 50 minutes
Group Clinical Supervision
$45
Group sessions with mental health practitioners. Check with Sarah for eligibility.
All sessions, 50 minutes
Issues around non-monogamy, sex, kink, gender, abortion, AI relationships, coercive control and medically dismissed experiences can be difficult to bring into therapy.
People often approach them cautiously, waiting to discover whether their therapist will misunderstand, pathologise or require an explanation first.
In my practice, these conversations do not sit at the margins of the work.
They are often why people find me.
Queer and trans clients don't need to explain themselves before we start our work.
Sex workers can talk about work as real, valued work.
Relationships take whatever shape they take, and that's the shape I work with.
Bodies matter here too.
Endometriosis, PCOS, perimenopause, menopause, fertility, and the exhaustion of years spent being medically dismissed, all held with a gender-affirming approach.
And abortion is fundamental healthcare.
Wherever you are in that decision, you won't need to defend it.
Somewhere along the way, ordinary lives got called fringe.
Not here, with me.
Pay the Rent
For the past 7 years PTC has contributed 2% of profits as part of the Pay The Rent movement and repatriations to:
The Jilya Institute
Decolonise Sex Work AU
My Values
Values are fundamental to me and how I approach everyone I work with.
My values shape how people are spoken to, understood, believed, respected, and cared for.
I try to ensure the way I work is genuinely aligned with the values I speak about, both inside and outside the counselling room.
The values below are fundamental to who I am as a person, and as a practitioner:
Anti Racist
Sex and Kink +
Neurodivergent +
Pro Abortion
Queer & Gender Diverse +
Disability +