About Sarah
Sarah Donovan is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. She also supports those facing relationship and commitment concerns, struggles with motivation or addiction, and major life changes. She emphasizes a straightforward, respectful approach in sessions.
Sarah aims to make conversations feel natural and judgment-free. She listens first, then works with each person to set clear, realistic goals. Sarah uses practical techniques people can try between sessions.
How Sarah works
These include thought-focused exercises to reduce worry, skills for handling intense emotions, and steps to build motivation. Sessions are focused on what matters most now and on small changes that add up over time. Her background spans two decades of clinical work in Wisconsin.
She holds an LPC credential and has worked with adults facing trauma, caregiver stress, fertility and aging concerns, blended family challenges, and life transitions. That experience informs a steady, problem-solving style. People who come to Sarah often want direct tools and simple plans.
She helps break problems into manageable steps and checks progress together. The emphasis is on practical change, clearer communication, and rebuilding confidence.
Sarah lists 5 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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship so people can talk through what feels most important. It helps when someone needs space to make sense of feelings and set their own goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect mood and behavior. It uses straightforward exercises and small experiments to reduce worry, lift mood, and change unhelpful patterns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving interactions with others. These skills can help with impulsivity, strong reactions, and relationship stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sarah will help you decide which methods fit your needs, goals, and comfort level. Decisions are made together and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals in several formats: video calls for deeper conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, keep momentum between sessions, and choose what feels most practical for each step.
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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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