About Sara
Sara Scott is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help people facing anxiety, stress, and relationship strains. She brings 26 years of experience and a direct, caring style to sessions that focus on real-life coping and change. Sara earned a Bachelor of Social Work in 1998 and a Master of Social Work in 2001.
She has worked in nonprofits, hospitals, prisons, and schools, and has experience counseling individuals and facilitating groups.
Background and approach
That range of settings helps her stay realistic about everyday challenges. In sessions she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and mindfulness practices. She aims to help people notice unhelpful patterns, learn practical skills, and take values-based steps toward goals.
Therapy is conversational and task-oriented when useful. Common concerns she addresses include anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, ADHD, and adjustment to life changes. She also works with issues like body image, chronic illness, attachment patterns, and problems that stem from family of origin.
Sara’s approach combines straightforward skill-building with empathetic listening. She helps people set concrete goals, practice new behaviors between sessions, and track progress. People who prefer a collaborative, no-nonsense style may find her approach a good fit.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Sara commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy alongside mindfulness practices. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. ACT emphasizes clarifying personal values and taking committed action, which helps with motivation and coping during life transitions. Mindfulness teaches present-moment awareness and calming skills that support emotion regulation.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try different techniques, and adjust plans based on what helps. Sessions often mix skill practice, guided reflection, and real-world tasks to try between meetings so progress can be tracked together.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, homework prompts, or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and to keep work going after a single session.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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