About Sarah
Sarah Johnston is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Kentucky with three years of practice. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, family and parenting challenges, and self-esteem. Sarah aims to make beginning therapy straightforward and approachable for worried parents.
She uses simple, direct conversation to help people start sorting through what matters most. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings. Sarah listens for patterns in thoughts and behavior and helps clients test small changes to see what works.
How Sarah works
Her approach draws on client-centered work that keeps the client's goals central. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and solution-focused strategies to set realistic short-term goals. Trauma-focused ideas are used when past events affect present life, and motivational interviewing supports people who want to make a change but feel stuck.
Sarah has supported people dealing with adoption and foster care questions, autism and Asperger syndrome concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and separation or divorce. She also helps with communication, commitment issues, jealousy, and money-related stress. These topics often show up alongside low confidence or feelings of emptiness.
In sessions she favors a warm, nonjudgmental manner. She helps parents and individuals name concrete steps, try them out, and adjust plans as needed. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
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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
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
Approach and online sessions that fit your life
Client-centered work means the therapist focuses on the client's goals and priorities. In practice this looks like listening closely, reflecting what the client says, and letting the client's concerns shape each session. This approach helps when people need a calm space to sort through parenting or relationship stress.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and tests small changes to change outcomes. It is helpful for anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem because it teaches concrete skills to try between sessions. Motivational interviewing is a short-term style that helps people find internal reasons to change when they feel stuck, especially around commitment or caregiver burnout.
Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their goals and comfort level, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text-based messaging suits quick check-ins or shorter updates. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities and support steady progress over time.
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