Sara LaBelle, LPC

Sara LaBelle is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan who centers her work on helping people through life transitions and personal challenges. She focuses on practical coping skills and clearer self-understanding to help people manage stress and anxiety. Sara draws on a cooperative style so clients feel heard while they try out new ways of responding to hard situations.

With ten years of experience, she has supported people facing parenting strains, career pressures, relationship changes, grief, and mood concerns. Sara also addresses issues like attention differences, body image, and sleep or eating struggles. She works with people dealing with abandonment, attachment questions, blended family tensions, and separation or divorce-related stress.

Her sessions tend to mix client-centered listening with targeted strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused methods. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also used to help clients notice habits, clarify values, and set realistic goals. The focus is on small, concrete steps that can change daily routines and reactions.

Sara aims to create a respectful space where people can talk through confusion, practice new skills, and track progress. She emphasizes collaboration and practical tools rather than labels or quick fixes. Those who want to begin are guided through a short matching process to connect goals with an appropriate plan.

People choosing Sara can expect straightforward conversation, specific skills to try between sessions, and regular rechecks of what is or isn’t helping. Her approach is adaptable to different life stages and shifting priorities, always leaning toward useful strategies that fit a person's day-to-day life.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Sara commonly integrates Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy is about listening closely and letting the client guide the pace and topics; it helps people feel understood while they sort through big decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and behaviors, trying small changes, and testing whether they lead to different results, which is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress.

She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to help people develop simple awareness skills for managing strong emotions. These approaches aim to be collaborative: the person and therapist decide together which methods to try based on goals, preferences, and what feels helpful in early sessions.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Different formats may suit different needs, so confirm the specific session options before booking. The online work keeps the same focus on practical tools, goal setting, and regular review so progress can be tracked between appointments.