- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Colorado, Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Sara
Sara Cooley is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting pressures, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She works with adults who are juggling life changes, grief, addiction, attention challenges, and mood differences. Her tone is calm and affirming, aimed at people who need straightforward support and practical steps.
Sara uses practical, evidence-based tools to help people notice patterns that cause pain. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to meet clients where they are.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, doable changes that reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning. Her style is warm and collaborative. She listens first, then helps clients pick skills that match their goals.
That might include emotion regulation skills, behavioral experiments, values work, or communication practice for difficult conversations. Sara brings five years of clinical experience as an LCSW, licensed in Colorado and Texas. She pays attention to how family of origin issues, attachment wounds, shame, and abandonment experiences show up in adult life.
She also supports people facing eating or sleeping struggles, identity questions, and career stress. Sessions often include concrete homework and short-term goals to track progress. Sara accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
She aims to help people get steadier, more self-aware, and better able to handle everyday challenges.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sara lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while learning to notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck. It can be useful for anxiety, parenting stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical experiments and skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It is often used for depression, panic, and sleep or eating concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and building a trusting relationship so clients can explore identity, shame, and attachment wounds at their own pace.Sara treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She listens to a person’s goals, tries a few techniques, and adjusts based on what helps. The plan is built around each person’s needs, preferences, and day-to-day life rather than a single method.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face work and skill practice. Phone sessions can fit one short check-in during a busy day or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for ongoing support, reminders, and processing between appointments. These options help people fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules and keep continuity when life gets disrupted.
Questions people ask about Sara
What concerns does Sara address?
Sara works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting pressures, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, ADHD, and related concerns such as shame and attachment wounds.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is warm, listening-first, and collaborative. She focuses on practical steps and skills that people can try between sessions.
What is her clinical background?
She has five years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker and has worked with adults on mood, trauma, and life transitions.
Where is she licensed and based?
Sara holds LCSW licensure in Colorado and Texas and lists Colorado as her location.
Which languages and regions are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session based on therapist availability.
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