- Strengths focused
- Trauma informed
- Skill building
About Sara
Sara Thompson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with 21 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship trouble, grief, or parenting strain. She also supports people facing burnout, compassion fatigue, ADHD challenges, and difficulties tied to codependency and attachment concerns.
She approaches work in a way that centers the person's story and strengths. Sessions are collaborative and respectful, with the client guiding what matters most. Sara encourages small, practical steps that build toward clearer choices and steadier days.
Her background includes long-term clinical work with trauma, abuse, and mood-related struggles. That experience informs how she helps people manage intense emotions and recover from painful events. She draws on a mix of techniques to match each person’s needs rather than using a single method for everyone.
In a typical session she listens first, then offers concrete tools - thought-focused strategies, skills for handling strong feelings, or brief solution-focused planning. The goal is to reduce immediate distress and create a roadmap for change. She emphasizes skills people can practice between sessions.
Sara aims to make therapy understandable and doable. She invites straightforward conversation about goals and progress, and she supports people as they try new ways of relating to themselves and others.
How her approaches shape online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the person says matters most. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offers empathy, and helps people notice their own strengths and choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect; it teaches practical strategies to shift unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships, with clear tools for coping when stress is high.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sara collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and day-to-day needs. She adjusts tools and pacing based on what helps most, and checks in about progress so adjustments can be made together.
If you prefer online work, confirm the available session options before booking because formats were not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals often adapt CBT and DBT tools for remote sessions so people can practice skills between meetings and track small changes over time.
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Experience
21+ years
Credentials
Louisiana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Sara help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues related to ADHD and codependency.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style centers the client and uses practical tools. Sessions focus on listening first, then introducing thought-based strategies and emotion regulation skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has 21 years of professional experience working with mood disorders, trauma, and relationship challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPC credential and is licensed in Louisiana.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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