Sara Lopes

Sara Lopes is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, trauma, and related concerns. She aims to work at each person’s pace and build practical steps toward feeling better.

Before counseling, she spent years doing social work with people facing homelessness and housing instability. That background informs a practical, down-to-earth approach to care. She listens first, then helps identify small changes that lead to relief.

Her work draws on Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy. She uses those methods to address substance use, grief, relationship strain, and mood concerns like depression and bipolar disorder.

Sara’s goal is to help people notice shifts sooner rather than later. She aims to support clients in building confidence and making choices that feel right for them. Sessions focus on clear steps, practical coping skills, and honest conversation.

Her online schedule runs Monday through Saturday, with Sunday reserved as a personal day. For new clients she currently offers messaging and live chat sessions only, and replies to messages received after Saturday evening on Monday.

How her approaches translate to online work

Sara combines Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in ways that work well in online formats. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding your experience so you feel heard and respected. CBT breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. DBT emphasizes emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better ways to handle intense feelings or conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, needs, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress unfolds. That means trying techniques, checking how they help, and changing direction when needed.

For new clients she currently offers messaging and live chat sessions only, so confirm current session options before booking if you need phone or video. Online work can fit more easily into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it simpler to practice skills between meetings. Many people find it easier to use skills learned in sessions during everyday life when therapy fits into their regular routine.