About Sarah
Sarah Serfilippi is a Licensed Professional Counselor with four years of clinical experience. She practices in Pennsylvania and offers supportive care for people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. Sarah approaches clients with respect and plain language.
She aims to help people take the first steps toward meaningful change. Sarah believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths to the work. In sessions she listens closely and follows what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
She encourages small, achievable steps and helps people notice progress as they move forward. Her approach draws on client-centered methods, mindfulness, and narrative ideas to help people make sense of painful experiences. For those affected by past trauma, she integrates trauma-focused perspectives to address difficult memories and reactions.
These methods are used to help with anxiety, coping, relationships, and changes in life circumstances. Sarah aims to create a calm and straightforward atmosphere. She uses mindfulness practices to build awareness and reduce stress, and narrative techniques to reframe unhelpful stories people tell about themselves.
Conversations focus on practical ways to manage symptoms and improve everyday functioning. People who choose Sarah usually want a collaborative and down-to-earth therapist who emphasizes respect and steady progress. She supports clients through decisions like relationship shifts, caregiving stress, chronic illness challenges, or feelings tied to guilt, shame, and abandonment.
The work is paced to the client and shaped by their goals.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It means the therapist listens deeply, reflects what matters to the client, and helps people decide what change should look like. This approach helps when someone feels stuck, unheard, or uncertain about next steps.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention skills to notice thoughts, body sensations, and emotions without judgment. Practicing mindfulness can reduce stress and interrupt anxiety cycles, which is useful for everyday worry and rumination.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and happens together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. From there she adapts methods and pacing so the work fits the individual's needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and use screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can fit busy days and let people send quick updates between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and to maintain continuity during stressful times.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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