- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Anger management
About Sara
Sara LaBelle is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, career shifts, and grief. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, aimed at building everyday skills that make life feel more manageable.
She uses clear, step-by-step strategies to help clients reduce overwhelm and improve functioning. That can look like identifying patterns that keep problems going, practicing small behavior changes, or learning new ways to talk with others.
Background and approach
Sessions are aimed at making things feel more doable between meetings. Sara brings ten years of clinical work to common concerns such as sleep problems, low self-esteem, anger, and eating issues. She also supports people coping with compassion fatigue, ADHD, and the emotional impact of adoption, attachment, or blended family situations.
These topics are handled with patience and practical aims rather than judgment. Her methods include client-centered conversations, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness skills, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused planning. She adapts tools to what each person needs and what fits their daily life.
Progress is measured by small, meaningful changes clients notice. People who choose her often want straightforward guidance and tools they can try right away. She helps set clear goals, practices new approaches in session, and checks what is and isn't working.
The approach is collaborative, with the person’s priorities guiding the work.
What Sara works with
Everything Sara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sara helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sara lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Sara commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques and client-centered work in her online sessions. Cognitive behavioral work breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions, and then tests small behavior changes to see what helps. Client-centered work focuses conversations on the person's priorities and uses compassionate listening to help clarify goals and values.She also integrates mindfulness practices to help manage stress and anxiety. Mindfulness exercises teach simple attention and breathing skills that reduce reactivity and support sleep and emotion regulation. Together these approaches give concrete tools people can use between sessions to handle parenting strain, work stress, or low mood.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. She collaborates with each person to decide what fits their needs, goals, and daily life. That shared decision-making guides whether sessions emphasize skill practice, goal-setting, or reflective conversation.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and demonstration of exercises. Phone can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat support ongoing coaching, quick check-ins, and reminders between sessions, offering flexibility for busy schedules.
Questions people ask about Sara
What concerns does she help with?
Sara works with stress, anxiety, parenting issues, anger, career changes, grief, low self-esteem, sleep and eating difficulties, and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative, mixing cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused planning to create practical, day-to-day strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience providing therapy and coaching to people dealing with life transitions and emotional challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed professional counselor, LPC, practicing in Michigan.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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