About Sarah
Sarah Donovan is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on practical steps people can use when life feels overwhelming. She also supports those facing relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, and trauma and abuse.
Sarah aims to make sessions straightforward and compassionate. She creates space for clients to talk through thoughts and feelings without judgment. Sessions emphasize listening first, then finding small changes that fit each person’s life.
Background and approach
Her approach blends client-centered work with skill-based tools. That means conversations center on the person's goals while also teaching concrete strategies to reduce worry, improve communication, and manage impulses. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy alongside motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques.
Over two decades Sarah has helped people cope with life changes like divorce, fertility struggles, caregiving stress, and relocation into later life. She also addresses blended family dynamics, family of origin issues, isolation, jealousy, and questions about life purpose. Her background supports practical problem solving as well as emotional processing.
Sessions are offered in English and are provided through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. International clients may be seen depending on scheduling. To begin, clients follow the site's Start Therapy process and complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule a time that works for them.
How Sarah’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy starts by focusing on what matters to the person sitting across from the therapist. It relies on active listening and reflection so clients feel heard and can set their own goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing strong emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and reducing impulsive actions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sarah will talk with each client about their goals and daily routines, then suggest approaches that fit those needs. She often blends listening-focused work with skill practice so sessions feel both supportive and practical.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited local options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or hands-free time is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when writing helps organize thoughts. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and fit it into real life.
Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist address?
What is the therapy style like?
How much experience does the therapist have?
What credentials and location are listed?
Which languages and international options are available?
What session formats are offered?
How is cost handled for sessions?
How do I get started with therapy?
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.