Sara Elliott, LCPC

Sara Elliott is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Maine with four years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and challenges with self-esteem, offering trauma-informed care for those who have experienced abuse or other traumatic events.

Sara approaches therapy with respect, dignity, and compassion, acknowledging the courage it takes to seek help. She combines validation with thoughtful challenge, helping clients explore and shift unhelpful thinking patterns, question core assumptions about themselves, and build stronger inner validation to support lasting change.

Her work addresses related concerns such as guilt and shame, social anxiety and phobia, life purpose, mood disorders, self-love, and post-traumatic stress. Sara aims to help clients improve overall quality of life through insight, practical strategies, and collaborative exploration. She looks forward to connecting with individuals who are ready to engage in the counseling process and take steps toward healing and growth.

Evidence-Informed Approaches and Online Care

Sara incorporates trauma-informed care into her practice, which means she recognizes how past trauma can affect thoughts, emotions, and behavior and works with clients to build safety, stability, and coping skills while avoiding re-traumatization. This approach can be especially helpful for people recovering from abuse or post-traumatic stress.

She also uses cognitive-focused techniques that help clients identify and reshape unhelpful thought patterns and core beliefs that contribute to anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and mood instability. These techniques aim to increase awareness of automatic thoughts and support development of more balanced thinking and emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sara collaborates with each person to determine which techniques fit their goals, needs, and preferences, and she adjusts strategies as progress is made.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for scheduling and participation from home or other convenient locations. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support during busy periods, and choose the format that feels most comfortable for each client while working with licensed professionals.