Sara Klahr

Sara Klahr, LPC, helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, grief, relationship struggles, and major life changes. She has 30 years of counseling experience and speaks directly and without judgment. She aims to create a working partnership that feels honest and practical.

Her style is client-centered. That means sessions focus on the person in front of her and what matters most to them. She listens for underlying causes of distress and helps people build coping skills that fit their daily life. Conversations are straightforward and goal-oriented, with space for both emotion and problem solving.

Sara draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify patterns of thought that keep problems active. She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice and calm strong emotions. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies are used when people want clearer steps toward change.

She has worked in many settings over three decades and has supported people through trauma, parenting strain, career transitions, and mood concerns like depression and bipolar challenges. Parenting and women’s issues are among areas she often addresses.

Sara began offering teletherapy more recently and found that meaningful connection can happen online as well as in person. She encourages honest conversation about what someone needs and adjusts the pace accordingly.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Sara uses a client-centered approach that keeps the client's goals and preferences central. In practice this means she listens first, reflects what she hears, and then helps shape the work around what the person wants to change. This style fits well with conversation-focused sessions and helps people feel understood even when they are not in the same room.

She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps when anxiety, anger, or low mood are driven by unhelpful thinking patterns and people want concrete skills to test and change those patterns. Mindfulness Therapy is another common element she uses to help people notice strong emotions and reduce reactivity through simple attention and breathing practices.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a shared process. The therapist will work collaboratively to select methods that match a person’s needs, goals, and daily life. That may mean combining reflective listening with CBT exercises or adding brief motivational interviewing questions when someone needs help finding momentum for change.

For practical matters, confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy can happen around work or family commitments.