About Sara
Sara Elliott is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) practicing in Maine. She has four years of professional work experience and focuses on supporting people through mood and anxiety struggles. Sara helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and low self-esteem.
She also works with those coping with trauma and abuse. Her practice pays attention to feelings of guilt and shame and to social anxiety that can cut people off from everyday life.
How Sara works
Her approach is straightforward and respectful. She offers validation and gentle challenge. Sessions focus on noticing unhelpful thinking, testing old beliefs, and building more useful ways of responding to difficult feelings.
Sara describes counseling as a courageous step that asks for honesty and vulnerability. She aims to help clients find clearer self-regard, more reliable emotional regulation, and a stronger sense of purpose. Conversations are practical and aimed at small, achievable changes.
People who choose Sara can expect a calm, compassionate clinician who mixes support with clear feedback. She invites prospective clients to connect when they are ready to look at patterns that keep them stuck and to try different ways of coping and thinking.
What Sara works with
The areas below are the ones Sara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
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Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maine |
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Online support options
Approaches and how online therapy works
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques often focus on changing unhelpful thinking and building new coping skills. One common approach targets patterns in thinking and behavior, helping people identify thoughts that increase anxiety or depression and practice different, more helpful responses. This method can be useful for stress, social anxiety, and low mood.Another helpful technique concentrates on processing trauma and reducing the hold of painful memories and shame. It supports people in naming what happened, understanding how it affects current reactions, and developing safer ways to respond to triggers and intense feelings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That process can include trying a few techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be lower bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit counseling into a busy schedule and to maintain continuity between appointments.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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