About Sara
Sara Van Slyke is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 13 years of professional experience. She works from a strength-based view and treats stress and anxiety among other concerns. She encourages people to take the first step and honors the courage it takes to begin therapy.
Sara sees each person as the expert on their life story. She listens for strengths and practical options. Sessions focus on building motivation, raising self-esteem, and finding clearer ways to manage low mood or anxiety.
Background and approach
She combines straightforward strategies with reflective conversation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and change small daily habits. Mindfulness practices bring attention to the present moment and can reduce reactivity to stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings feel overwhelming. A client-centered stance guides the pace and topics of work so the person stays in control of goals and priorities. Sara has worked with people facing addictions, relationship strain, grief, trauma and life transitions.
She also supports those dealing with parenting stress, career questions, anger, eating concerns, bipolar mood challenges, and attention difficulties. Her approach is practical, respectful, and tailored to what each person needs next.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Sara commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify patterns in thoughts and behaviors and to build new, healthier habits; this method is practical for anxiety, low mood, and stress. She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy, teaching simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and can be used between sessions to manage worry. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills such as emotion regulation and distress tolerance are offered when intense feelings make it hard to cope.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and reactions to early strategies, and then adjust methods together. That way the work stays relevant and responds to what helps most in day-to-day life.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexible options. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when typing feels more comfortable. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or busy family routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Washington
- Languages
- English
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