Sara LaBelle

Sara LaBelle is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan who uses a client-centered approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps that can make daily life easier. Sara listens closely and helps people name what matters most to them before building next steps.

She brings ten years of experience working with concerns such as parenting strain, career transitions, grief, and burnout. Many clients seek support for relationship problems, low self-esteem, sleep or eating difficulties, and ADHD-related challenges. Sara aims to help people find clearer routines and coping strategies that fit their lives.

Sara blends cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness tools to address unhelpful thoughts and increase present-moment awareness. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find personal reasons for change, and solution-focused methods to set realistic short-term goals. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

Her practice often explores attachment-related themes, adoption and foster care questions, blended family dynamics, and communication patterns. She also supports those facing abandonment, codependency, avoidant or dependent personality concerns, and issues tied to autism and Asperger syndrome. The work can include emotional processing and skill-building exercises.

People describe the process as straightforward and goal-oriented, with room for reflection. To begin, she helps clients identify a first small step and then builds from there. Prospective clients are invited to confirm current session options before scheduling.

How Sara’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building goals that matter to the client. In an online setting this means conversations begin with the client’s priorities and move at their pace to build trust and clarity.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot patterns of thought that lead to distress and then test new behaviors. Online sessions can include focused skill practice, worksheets, and short between-session tasks to reinforce changes.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices to reduce reactivity and improve attention. These techniques can be practiced during or between sessions to help with anxiety, stress, and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and daily routine. That means checking in early and adjusting methods as progress unfolds.

Session logistics were not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before scheduling. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and support consistent follow-up between meetings.