Sara Thompson is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Louisiana.
01About Sara
Sara Thompson is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Louisiana. She brings 21 years of experience and a calm, straightforward style to sessions. Sara aims to help people handle stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns.
She encourages parents who are struggling and people coping with trauma, anger, low self-esteem, or major life changes to reach out. Sara believes each person knows their own story best. She centers sessions on the client’s goals and strengths rather than imposing one pathway.
Background and approach
In conversation she listens for practical steps and small shifts that can make day-to-day life easier. Her approach draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice thought patterns and test new behaviors. She also uses trauma-focused tools and elements of dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.
Solution-focused techniques help keep work goal-oriented and pragmatic. Sara has worked with people affected by adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, abandonment, and caregiver stress. She also has experience supporting those facing cancer, neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome, and challenges like codependency or isolation.
The tone in her room is respectful and practical. Sessions aim to build skills, reduce overwhelm, and uncover strengths the client already has. She invites people to take small steps toward change while offering steady support along the way.
02Credentials
- LPC (Louisiana)
- License 3908 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1194030668 · national provider identifier
Both are public records. A state board register will confirm a license and its standing, and the national registry will confirm an NPI. This directory copies what the counselor lists and checks neither.
03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Methods Sara names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Sara names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
04Online support
How Sara’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered work focuses on listening, reflecting, and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client. This approach helps people set clear goals and feel heard, whether discussing stress, parenting concerns, or relationship problems.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with everyday challenges by teaching practical skills to change thinking and actions.
Trauma-focused methods focus on stabilizing strong emotions and building safety in daily routines before addressing painful memories. These tools are helpful for people recovering from abuse, loss, or other traumatic events.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit those aims. Sessions can shift over time as priorities change, with an emphasis on collaboration and clear steps forward.
Session formats are not listed here; please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing sessions during breaks or from different locations. It also lets people use approaches like CBT homework or step-by-step skills practice between sessions to keep progress moving.
05Questions people ask
What issues does Sara help with?
Sara works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship concerns, grief, anger, low self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes. She also addresses ADHD and related focus areas such as abandonment, attachment issues, and caregiver stress.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Sessions focus on the client's goals and strengths using client-centered conversation. She also uses cognitive behavioral, dialectical, solution-focused, and trauma-focused approaches as tools to build skills and solve problems.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 21 years of professional work experience supporting people through a wide range of concerns and transitions.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
Sara is licensed as an LPC in Louisiana and practices with that credential within the state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are accepted; check scheduling and any regional requirements when booking to confirm fit.
How are fees and payment 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 Sara?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
More counselors in Louisiana
See all
Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Self esteem and 2 more
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Anger and 2 more
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family and 2 more
Relationship, Family, Parenting and 9 more
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.