Sara Schuessler, LPC

Sara Schuessler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with 14 years of clinical experience working with children, teenagers, individuals, and families. She has delivered care across residential treatment centers, homes, and schools, building a broad skill set in addressing family conflict, parenting challenges, relationship concerns, school-related problems, trauma, ADHD, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and anger management.

Sara holds a Master of Arts in Counseling from Missouri Baptist University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice from Truman State University. As an LPC, she carries a state counseling license and applies evidence-informed strategies drawn from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and solution-focused methods to help clients identify goals and make practical changes.

Her counseling style is warm and inviting, centered on the client as the expert on their own life. She emphasizes collaboration - working with each person or family to define goals and to choose approaches that fit their needs and values. Sessions are available Mondays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.; she is not able to schedule evenings or weekends.

Outside of work Sara enjoys shopping at Target, cycling on the Peloton, watching new shows, reading, and spending time with her family and their dog. She looks forward to supporting people through life transitions and challenges.

Therapeutic approaches for online support and growth

Sara integrates client-centered therapy, which places the individual's experience at the heart of treatment and helps build a trusting, collaborative relationship while clients explore their goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and to develop practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and day-to-day stress.

She also draws on solution-focused techniques to help clients set clear, achievable goals and to identify strengths and small steps that lead to change. These approaches are framed to address concerns such as family conflict, parenting, trauma-related symptoms, ADHD, and coping with life transitions in a focused, goal-oriented way.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sara works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan over time as progress is made. Online formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it possible to access consistent care with more flexibility. These options can help clients fit therapy into busy schedules, connect from home, and use the communication style that feels most comfortable while working toward meaningful change.