About Sara
Sara Elliott is an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor practicing in Maine. She has four years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, shame, or depression. Sara presents a calm, respectful approach and aims to make the counseling process feel understandable and usable.
She frames sessions around practical conversation and reflection. That means validating what a person brings, gently challenging unhelpful thoughts, and offering ideas to test in day-to-day life.
Background and approach
She describes herself as trauma informed and has worked with people who have experienced trauma and abuse. Sara draws on techniques that help identify core beliefs and change patterns that keep people stuck. In sessions she helps people notice strong emotions, loosen rigid thinking, and practice new responses.
The goal is clearer self-validation, fewer automatic negative reactions, and improved mood and functioning. People often come for help with social anxiety, phobia, bipolar mood challenges, or post-traumatic stress, and also for struggles about life purpose, guilt, and self-love. Sara aims to make treatment straightforward and down-to-earth so people can try small steps between sessions.
She encourages a collaborative relationship where the person’s goals guide the work. Conversations can include practical coping skills, thought work, and pacing around difficult memories. Sara looks forward to connecting and planning a path forward together.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online therapy
Evidence-based techniques that focus on changing thoughts and behaviors help many people with anxiety and mood challenges. One common approach involves identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts to reduce anxious and negative thinking; this uses simple awareness and trial exercises to shift how situations are interpreted. Another useful method focuses on skills for emotion regulation and pacing when memories or strong feelings arise; it teaches breathing, grounding, and manageable steps to reduce overwhelm and build tolerance.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client will look at symptoms, goals, and daily life together to decide which techniques to try first. That collaborative decision-making helps tailor the plan so it fits what the person wants and can realistically use between sessions.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face-to-face when schedules or travel make in-person visits hard. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging make it easy to check in between sessions, keep momentum, and get brief coaching during a stressful day. These options let therapists and clients arrange care that fits work, family, and energy levels.
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- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English
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