About Sarah
Sarah Bodden-Cheffen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana. She draws on nine years of experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Sarah emphasizes a respectful, down-to-earth approach when someone first reaches out.
She centers sessions on what the client brings and listens for strengths that can be used right away. Sarah uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow the client’s lead and build trust.
How Sarah works
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. Her work covers a wide range of struggles, including self-esteem, grief, parenting challenges, anger, career transitions, and coping with life changes. She also addresses trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, bipolar conditions, and ADHD-related concerns.
Additional focus areas include codependency, control issues, divorce and separation, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Sarah has experience supporting people with relationship difficulties such as infidelity, non-monogamous relationship questions, and intimacy struggles. She pays attention to how emotions show up in close relationships and uses tools to improve connection and communication.
Her style aims to be practical and steady, with small steps that build confidence. Clients who choose Sarah should expect clear conversations about goals and simple tools to practice between sessions. She encourages people to recognize their existing strengths and to try manageable changes.
Starting therapy is framed as a brave act, and Sarah focuses on making each next step feel doable.
Sarah lists 9 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Approach-based care through online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take actions tied to personal values. It can help when anxiety, depression, avoidance, or life transitions get in the way of what matters.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and the client’s own goals. This approach helps people feel heard and better able to access their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss these methods and collaborate with the client to decide what fits best for their needs, goals, and preferences. Adjustments can be made as therapy progresses to find what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation; phone can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth; live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions or have shorter, more frequent touchpoints. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still using the approaches described above.
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