Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
How Sarah works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Sarah
Sarah Fagan is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor who aims to help people manage strong feelings and life changes. She focuses on practical steps for stress, anxiety, grief, anger, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Sarah keeps sessions warm, direct, and down-to-earth so conversations feel real and useful.
With ten years of experience in North Carolina, she works with many concerns including trauma, depression, ADHD, chronic health issues, and career stress.
Background and approach
Her background includes supporting people through adoption and foster care questions, attachment difficulties, caregiver strain, and issues that arise after major disruptions. She mentions an interest in blending creativity, nature, and humor into counseling when it fits. Sarah uses a person-centered approach that highlights strengths and cultural context.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice patterns, test new behaviors, and act on meaningful values. Attachment-based ideas help explore how early relationships shape current reactions. Sessions aim to be collaborative and tailored.
Clients can expect clear goals, practical tools for coping, and space to talk through painful memories or current struggles. Sarah adapts her style to match each person rather than following a single script. Therapy can include talking, problem-solving exercises, and creative options like music or nature-based ideas when helpful.
She invites people who want steady support while making concrete changes to consider reaching out and beginning the matching process.
What Sarah works with
Everything Sarah lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Sarah's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sarah lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Sarah often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and mood swings because it focuses on concrete steps and practice.She also works with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and build actions that match those values even when feelings are hard. ACT can help with stress, chronic worry, and navigating major life changes.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sarah will talk through goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then tailor techniques to fit the person. She adjusts pacing and methods based on feedback so therapy feels relevant and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier and to match different comfort levels. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and visual connection. Phone can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging lets people check in between sessions or share brief updates without scheduling a call. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives while using the approaches described above.
Questions people ask about Sarah
What concerns does she help people address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and family concerns, anger, self-esteem, addiction, ADHD, bipolar disorder, career stress, and related issues listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is warm, nonjudgmental, and person-centered. She focuses on strengths and practical steps while adapting methods to fit each person's needs.
How long has she been practicing?
She has about ten years of professional counseling experience working with a wide range of concerns and life situations.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) licensed in North Carolina and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How do I start a session and what does it cost?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. Cost varies with location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.