Who We Are

We are an evidence-based psychological consultancy with an over-arching commitment to applying well-researched positive psychology to our interactions, designs and interventions. As a team we are united in our belief in the power of positive approaches to change, at the individual, organisational and team level. We are open and transparent in our dealings with you

Our approach is based on understanding people: we can work with any organisation to develop leadership and vision, work performance and engagement, and a positive work culture. We specialise in working with change.

Founder and Principal Psychologist

Sarah Lewis

'I facilitate change and have done all my adult life, first as a social worker, then as a manager and for 20 years as a consultant. I facilitate change in people, teams and organizations. I do this through direct interventions, such as coaching, team or organisational development activity, and through education or knowledge sharing, such as through books, lectures and workshops. Helping people change their work lives or organisations for the better is what I do.

I approach change as a psychological process. I draw specifically on appreciative, positive and strengths-based approaches as I consistently find them to produce excellent results and to be inspiring, engaging and productive for people involved.

To achieve change I work with relationships, patterns, meaning, connection, aspiration, resources and emotions.

I work through the processes of story and dialogue, decision and action, understanding and behaviour and hopes and plans.

I draw on co-creative methodologies such as Appreciative Inquiry, World Café, and Open Space, blended with positive (and more ‘traditional’) psychological knowledge and a wealth of experience of working with people as a social worker, manager and leader, educator , psychologist and consultant. 

My goal at the moment is to travel the world creating value by applying the power of positive psychology and Appreciative Inquiry to workplace challenges, and developing others to do so.'

Career and experience

Sarah is the Founder and Managing Director of Appreciating Change and has been for over 20 years, after leaving a career in Social Services. She works as a consultant for International and UK clients, helping them with organisational change. She lectures at post-graduate level in the UK and Singapore and presents at International and British conferences on Positive Psychology, Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change.  

Sarah is also a member of leading professional bodies in the UK for consultant psychologists.

Published books

You can see more about all of this on Sarah's LinkedIn profile.