Sarah Mossa is a licensed counselor with two decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, sleep problems, relationship strains, and substance use concerns.
01About Sarah
Sarah Mossa is a licensed counselor with two decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, sleep problems, relationship strains, and substance use concerns. She offers support for issues related to intimacy, parenting, self-esteem, career challenges, and life transitions. Sarah also works with people facing grief, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related struggles.
Sarah aims to make sessions practical and straightforward. She focuses on what the person wants to change and helps set small, realistic steps.
Background and approach
The approach is collaborative - she listens, reflects, and suggests ways to try between sessions. Her background includes long clinical experience across community and clinical settings. That breadth gives her a range of tools to draw on for different situations.
She integrates problem-focused strategies with attention to how relationships and attachment shape patterns. Therapeutic methods commonly used include cognitive behavioral techniques, client-centered listening, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused planning. These tools help people reframe thoughts, gather motivation, and build actionable plans for change.
Sarah holds LPCC and LPC credentials and has worked in roles supporting people connected to law enforcement and the military. She provides services from Illinois and works with international clients when needed. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
02Credentials
- LCPC (Illinois)
- License 180011720 · expires March 2027
- LPC (Missouri)
- License 2008000925 · expires June 2027
- LPC (Arizona)
- License LPC-20663 · expires January 2028
- LPCC (Ohio)
- License E.2202741 · expires February 2028
- NPI
- 1831729763 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sarah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Career difficulties
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Methods Sarah names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Sarah 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.
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04Online support
How Sarah’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape patterns of closeness and distance. It can help people understand why they react strongly in relationships and learn new ways to connect. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy so the person feels heard and can move toward their own answers. It is useful when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to sort out feelings.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Sarah will discuss goals, preferences, and how you respond to different methods. She collaborates with clients to try approaches and adjust plans based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different needs. Video calls let you use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while using the approaches above in a practical way.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Sarah commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, career stress, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sarah takes a collaborative, team-based approach. She listens closely and works with clients to set small, achievable goals.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has about 20 years of experience working in community and clinical roles, including work connected to law enforcement and the military.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices from Illinois.
Can sessions be conducted in other countries or languages?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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