About Sara
Sara Irwin is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 14 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, addictions, grief, or life changes. She writes in plain, grounded language and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for worried parents and busy individuals.
Sara listens closely and works alongside people to identify what feels stuck.
Background and approach
She uses straightforward problem solving and practical skills to reduce intense feelings and improve day-to-day functioning. Her goal is to help clients meet concrete goals and notice small gains over time. Her background includes a master’s degree in community counseling from Creighton University and extensive clinical work in both clinics and independent practice.
Over the years she has supported people with trauma, depression, parenting struggles, relationship concerns, impulse control, and substance use issues. Sara’s approach draws on cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and client-centered care. She emphasizes collaboration, clear steps, and learning tools that can be used between sessions.
Sessions move at a pace set by the client and focus on what will make the biggest difference now. Outside work she spends time with her two young sons and enjoys running, travel, reading, and outdoor time. Her personal experience as a parent informs a practical, down-to-earth style in sessions.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Sara commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy when working with anxiety and stress. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through concrete exercises and practice. Acceptance and commitment therapy teaches people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values and goals.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client discuss current problems, goals, and preferences to decide which methods fit best. This collaborative process means strategies can shift over time as needs change and progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are helpful for more in-depth sessions that benefit from face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief support, ongoing coaching, and check-ins between longer sessions, and they can fit into busy schedules more easily.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Nevada, Texas, California
- Languages
- English
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