About Sara
Sara Lopes is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who uses client-centered care to help people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and depression. She focuses on practical steps that fit each person’s pace and life. Sara emphasizes respect, compassion, and steady support as people work toward feeling better.
She draws on approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness, and Narrative Therapy to match methods to a person’s needs.
How Sara works
Sessions look at current challenges such as grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, bipolar concerns, and ADHD. Sara also addresses specific problems like domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, smoking or vaping cessation, and post-traumatic stress. Her background includes substantial work helping people who have experienced homelessness and those facing serious mental health and addiction challenges.
She holds a Master’s degree and the LMHC credential and has eight years of clinical experience. Sara has also done social work with low-income clients around housing stability and practical supports. In sessions she helps people set clear goals and try strategies that can bring relief sooner rather than later.
She pays attention to who the person is and adapts plans to fit their life. The therapeutic relationship is collaborative, with the person’s values and pace guiding the work. Sara’s practice is based in Massachusetts and she conducts therapy in English.
For new clients she currently offers messaging and live chat sessions as her primary online formats.
Sara lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
How specific approaches translate to online care
Sara often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; this approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and stress. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills when strong feelings or conflict make daily life harder.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sara partners with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaboration means techniques can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging suit brief check-ins or ongoing skill reinforcement. These options make it easier to fit therapy into different schedules and daily routines.
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