- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- CBT and mindfulness
About Sarah
Sarah Lamie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Illinois with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. Sarah also focuses on issues related to aging, caregiving, chronic illness and pain, isolation, and questions about life purpose.
She uses conversational, person-focused methods in sessions. Sarah listens to how daily routines, relationships, and health shape a person's struggles. She then helps people identify small, practical steps to ease overwhelming feelings and regain a sense of control.
Her work draws on client-centered therapy to prioritize each person's concerns. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. Mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing help people build steady habits and find reasons to keep trying when progress feels slow.
Sarah often helps people talk through grief and end-of-life stress, and she supports caregivers managing burnout. She also works with adults coping with chronic conditions or recovery after brain injury, focusing on everyday adjustments and realistic goals.
Sessions emphasize clear goals, short-term strategies, and reflective conversation. Sarah encourages clients to try out new ways of thinking and behaving between meetings. For someone feeling stuck after a job change, a breakup, or a health shift, she offers steady clinical experience and straightforward tools to explore what matters next.
How Sarah applies therapeutic methods during online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own concerns and goals. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps the client shape the direction of work. This approach is useful when someone feels uncertain what to address first and wants a clear, conversational process.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. The therapist and client identify patterns that worsen stress or low mood and practice small experiments to test different responses. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and reclaiming daily routines.
Mindfulness therapy adds simple attention exercises to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These practices help people notice difficult feelings without getting pulled into them. They can be helpful alongside other methods when managing chronic stress or persistent worry.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Sarah collaborates with each person to decide what fits their goals, preferences, and what they can realistically try between sessions. She checks in and adjusts methods as needs change.
The biography does not list specific online formats. Please confirm which formats are offered before scheduling. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists and clients often choose approaches that match how they want to work and what fits into everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include caregiving stress, chronic illness and pain, isolation, and life purpose.
How would she approach feeling stuck?
She uses client-centered conversation plus cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to notice unhelpful thinking and try practical changes. Sessions focus on short-term strategies and realistic goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 18 years of professional experience working with adults on mood, grief, and adjustment concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Illinois and provides services from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she provide?
The biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.