About Sarah
Sarah Vollentine is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people find hope and direction when life feels overwhelming. She brings three years of experience and a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions. She aims to make a first step feel manageable for someone who is nervous about starting therapy.
Sarah listens to each person’s story and helps them set clear, achievable goals. She uses simple tools to reduce anxiety, handle stress, and improve self-esteem.
Background and approach
Many people come to her feeling stuck after big life changes or drained by compassion fatigue, and she helps them find small, steady steps forward. Her work often involves talking through relationship and intimacy concerns and family-of-origin struggles. She also supports people dealing with codependency, control issues, guilt, shame, and questions about life purpose.
Pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum concerns are part of her focus as well. Sessions typically look like short-term, goal-focused conversations with room for deeper reflection when needed. Sarah blends techniques that help change unhelpful thoughts and build motivation to make concrete changes.
She keeps language plain and actions practical so progress is easy to spot. Sarah practices in Louisiana and holds LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She offers multiple online session options to fit different schedules and needs.
If you feel unsure what to do next, she works together with clients to find a clear path forward.
How Sarah’s Approaches Work Online
Sarah uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try small experiments to change them. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, and situations where changing how you think leads to feeling better and acting differently.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change. This approach focuses on building motivation and confidence one step at a time, which can help with life transitions and sticking to new habits.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sarah will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest ways to blend methods. That collaboration helps tailor sessions so techniques match real-life needs and comfort levels.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls are good for seeing facial cues and having a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you need a hands-free option. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, shorter coaching-style conversations, or when writing out thoughts feels most helpful.
These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different formats until the best fit is found.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English