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Online therapist

Sara LaBelle

Calm practical support for everyday parenting challenges

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Sara

Sara LaBelle is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan. She uses practical, person-focused methods to help people cope with stress, anxiety, parenting strains, and life changes. Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative, with attention to real everyday problems.

Many clients come for help with mood, self-esteem, sleep, and career worries. Sara draws on ten years of clinical experience to tailor straightforward strategies for each person. She blends client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work.

Background and approach

Sessions often focus on small, achievable steps to reduce overwhelm and improve daily routines. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns, including grief, anger, eating and sleeping issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care matters, attachment and abandonment issues, and blended family dynamics.

This breadth lets her adapt interventions to particular life situations. In meetings she emphasizes building practical skills like communication, emotional regulation, and boundary setting. Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing are used when helpful to strengthen motivation and present-moment awareness.

Her goal is usable change rather than abstract insight alone. Sara invites people to work at a pace that feels manageable. She focuses on clear next steps and tracks progress together.

The approach is suited to people who want a mix of listening and concrete tools to move forward.

Approaches that translate well to online care

Sara commonly integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy into online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioral changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety, low mood, or sleep disruption. Client-centered therapy centers on careful listening and building a trusting working relationship so clients feel heard and understood. She also uses mindfulness practices to help people manage stress in the moment and motivational interviewing to boost readiness for change. Finding the right combination is collaborative - the therapist will work with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and comfort with online work. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people fit therapy into busy days, continue care from different locations, or use shorter check-ins when helpful. The variety of formats supports flexible scheduling and ongoing progress even when in-person meetings are not practical.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns can be addressed here?
Sara works with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, career strain, grief, self-esteem, depression, and related issues. Additional focus areas include ADHD, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment and abandonment issues, and blended family dynamics.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Therapy is collaborative and down-to-earth, combining listening with practical techniques. Approaches include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral methods, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies.
What is Sara's professional background?
She has ten years of experience working as a mental health professional. That experience includes helping people with mood, coping skills, and life transitions.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
The clinician holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential in Michigan with license number MI LPC 6401018780. Practice location is Michigan.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Multiple formats are available to match different needs and schedules.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Specific pricing depends on the subscription chosen.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that, schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Michigan
Languages
English

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