About Sarah
Sarah Bakura uses a person-centered approach that places the client at the center of the work. She names strengths with people and helps them use those strengths to solve present problems. Sarah is an LCPC, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and an LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, with six years of clinical experience in Wyoming.
She focuses on trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, anger, stress, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports people living with bipolar disorder and helps them manage mood shifts.
How Sarah works
Sarah pays attention to how past attachment and abandonment experiences show up in daily life. In sessions she blends client-centered skills with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try small experiments. She also uses dialectical behavior skills and mindfulness practices for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive reactions.
Emotion-focused work helps when relationships and hurt feelings are central to the problem. Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She invites people to describe the parts of their story they want to change and then sets practical steps together.
Sessions are paced to fit what each person needs, with emphasis on small, achievable goals. Sarah works by talking through current struggles, teaching coping skills, and practicing new ways of responding. She aims to help people feel steadier and more able to handle life changes and difficult emotions.
Sarah lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Sarah works with
The areas below are the ones Sarah selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCPC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wyoming |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building on a person's own strengths to guide change. This approach helps people feel heard and can make it easier to set goals and try new ways of coping. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors together and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, brings skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved interpersonal effectiveness that help with intense moods and impulsive actions.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked in the past. Together they decide which combination of client-centered work, CBT, DBT, or mindfulness tools best fits the person's needs and life circumstances.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone is a lower-bandwidth option and can be easier during a busy day, and messaging or live chat lets people check in between sessions or use shorter, focused communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules while keeping the focus on progress and practical tools.
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