- Years in practice
- 17
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Sarah
Sarah Paulick is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 17 years of experience. She practices in Florida and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and parenting challenges. She uses practical skills and clear conversation to help people feel steadier in day-to-day life.
Her work is straightforward and collaborative. Sessions often include learning skills to manage strong emotions, trying new ways to respond to difficult situations, and making small changes that add up.
Background and approach
She leans on approaches like cognitive behavioral strategies and acceptance-based work to help clients build useful habits. Sarah pays attention to attachment and relationship patterns that shape how people connect. She helps people understand old patterns and find new ways to relate to themselves and others.
This can include addressing issues such as codependency, communication problems, abandonment concerns, and intimacy-related struggles. She also supports people facing more complex stressors such as chronic illness, caregiver burnout, first responder stress, or grief. Practical coping tools and pacing are common parts of sessions.
The aim is to reduce overwhelm and increase skills for handling slow-burning or sudden life changes. Sarah offers several ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Those interested in starting complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session according to availability.
What Sarah works with
Everything Sarah lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sarah helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sarah lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- 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 therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then move toward what matters in life. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, mood, and coping with life changes.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they adjust methods over time to find what fits best for the individual’s needs.
Online formats make it easier to work therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions can be a good alternative when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief, ongoing support between sessions and can fit into a break at work or while caring for children. These options increase flexibility and make regular work on goals more manageable.
Questions people ask about Sarah
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, addictions, ADHD, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her style in sessions?
Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on learning skills, trying new responses, and building routines that reduce distress.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional experience working in mental health settings and with diverse client concerns.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, practicing in Florida.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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