- ACT and CBT methods
- Mindfulness and DBT skills
- Practical coping tools
About Sara
Sara Nielsen is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Alabama with 19 years of experience. She lists anxiety, depression, trauma, eating concerns and relationship issues among the areas she addresses. Sara frames her work as collaborative and guided by each person's needs.
She uses straightforward, active conversation in sessions. She listens for the problems that feel most pressing and then focuses on practical steps people can try between meetings. Sessions often combine talking, short exercises, and attention to how thoughts and behaviors interact.
Sara draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and to test new behaviors. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to clarify values and build committed action. Mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills appear in her practice when people want tools to manage strong emotions and stay present.
Her style is described as interactive and strength-focused. She works with people on concrete goals like improving sleep, reducing panic, managing cravings, or handling grief. She also supports exploration of identity and body image concerns when those topics arise.
Sessions move at a practical pace and aim to create usable skills. People interested in starting are asked to use the service matching process to pick a time and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Sara commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small committed steps toward those values, which can help when anxiety or avoidance gets in the way. CBT looks at patterns of thoughts and behaviors and offers experiments and exercises to test more helpful responses.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit goals and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress is observed. That collaboration helps decide whether more skills training, values-based work, or behavior experiments are best for a given concern.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session formats before booking since formats were not specified in the profile. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and to practice skills in everyday settings. Some formats also allow shorter check-ins, use of video or phone according to comfort, and the ability to focus on exercises between meetings to reinforce new habits.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
19+ years
Listed in
Missouri, Kansas, New Hampshire, Alabama
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
Sara works with anxiety, stress, trauma, depression, eating and relationship concerns among many other issues listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and interactive, focusing on conversation, short exercises, and skill practice between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 19 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Sara holds LCMHC and LCPC credentials and practices in Alabama.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.