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Sara Thompson

Thoughtful counseling rooted in strengths

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
21 years
Licensed in
Louisiana
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Sara

Sara Thompson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with 21 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and mood-related struggles. Her approach centers on listening first and helping people build on their own strengths to handle hard situations.

She believes clients know their story best and brings a supportive, empowering stance to sessions. Conversations are practical and collaborative, aimed at creating real changes that fit each person’s life.

Background and approach

Sara encourages small, manageable steps that add up over time. Her work includes helping people manage grief, anger, low self-esteem, career shifts, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those navigating adoption and foster care, attachment questions, autism-related challenges, caregiver stress, and reactions to illness or disaster.

She addresses communication and codependency issues as well. Sara uses a mix of therapies chosen to match the situation. Techniques may include client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools, skills from dialectical behavior therapy, solution-focused planning, and trauma-focused methods.

She helps people pick practical strategies and practices they can use between sessions. People often come for help with life changes, impulsivity, isolation, and ADHD-related concerns. Sara aims to make therapy a place for steady progress, not sudden fixes.

She offers down-to-earth guidance while honoring each person’s pace and goals.

How therapy approaches fit into online care

Sara commonly uses client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques. Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding a person's experience and responding with empathy so they can find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and action and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful habits and reduce anxiety or low mood.

She also draws on elements of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) when emotion regulation or strong reactions are a concern. DBT offers skills for managing intense feelings, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress without making things worse. These approaches are practical and skill-based, which often translates well to sessions that happen remotely.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and the day-to-day context to decide which methods to try first. This happens together so strategies match the client's needs and comfort level.

Specific session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before you book. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when needed. It can also let people use different tools and homework between sessions to reinforce skills learned in therapy.

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.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Sara commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, parenting and relationship issues, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, anger, self-esteem, and related concerns such as ADHD and compassion fatigue.
What is her general approach to therapy?
Sara takes a collaborative, client-centered approach that emphasizes strengths. She combines practical techniques with supportive listening to help people make steady changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 21 years of professional work experience as a counselor in clinical settings and practice in Louisiana.
What credentials and location are on file?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana, listed with an LA LPC credential.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Costs vary by location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
21 years
Licensed
Louisiana
Languages
English

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