About Sara
Sara Van Slyke is a licensed mental health counselor with 13 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. She approaches clients with respect and blunt honesty about their strengths.
Taking the first step into therapy is often hard, and she acknowledges that courage. Sara centers sessions on each person's story and goals. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen closely and help clients feel seen.
How Sara works
She brings Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are offered for emotion regulation and coping when feelings feel overwhelming. Her work often focuses on self-esteem, motivation, and confidence.
She supports people dealing with grief, trauma, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, and career challenges. She also addresses mood conditions such as bipolar disorder and attention concerns like ADHD. Sessions may include mindfulness exercises to calm the body and mind.
She favors clear, straightforward plans so clients know what to expect week to week. Progress is tracked through small goals and skills that can be used between meetings. Sara is licensed as an LMHC in Florida and Washington.
She provides services from Washington and conducts sessions in English. Her style is collaborative and practical, aiming to help people build routines and skills that fit real life.
Sara lists 8 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
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Online support options
How her approaches fit with online therapy
Sara uses Client-Centered Therapy to create space for each person to tell their story and set their own goals. That approach focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel understood and in charge of the pace and focus of work.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In online sessions she helps clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practices small behavior changes and experiments between meetings.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are part of her toolkit for people who need concrete strategies to manage strong emotions. DBT skill-building can include breathing and grounding practices, emotion regulation exercises, and step-by-step problem-solving that translate well to remote formats.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. She will listen to your goals and preferences and then work with you to choose methods that fit your needs and lifestyle. The plan can change as you try strategies and see what helps.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera isn’t helpful. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief skills practice, or when writing helps you process thoughts. These options give flexibility to fit sessions into a workday, manage childcare needs, or keep regular contact while building new skills.
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