About Sara
Sara Khaledpour is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Missouri. She holds LPC and LCPC credentials and brings 12 years of clinical experience to her work. She focuses on practical, day-to-day problems like stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and self-esteem.
Sessions are offered in English and Persian and use clear, direct conversation to make progress together. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She aims to create a space where people can name their struggles and figure out what to do next.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on real situations and concrete steps rather than labels or jargon. Clients can expect a mix of listening, gentle challenge, and collaborative problem-solving. Sara draws on several evidence-informed approaches to match each person’s needs.
She uses client-centered methods to follow the client’s priorities, cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns, and mindfulness strategies to build present-moment skills. Motivational interviewing informs work around change and readiness. She has worked with a broad range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career stress.
Additional focus areas include aging and geriatric issues, attachment and codependency, and coping after divorce or separation. Sessions happen through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Costs vary with location and use a cancellable subscription model.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their needs.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Sara blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral ideas to help people make sense of their thoughts and take practical action. Client-centered therapy is about following the client’s priorities and offering steady, nonjudgmental support. Cognitive behavioral techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying different behaviors to change outcomes.She also uses mindfulness strategies to build attention and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness practices help people notice sensations and emotions without getting swept away, which can be useful for anxiety, stress, and sleep problems. Together, these approaches are chosen to match each person’s goals and pace, and she will collaborate with clients to find the best fit for their concerns and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls work well for longer sessions where visual cues matter, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or motion is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Missouri
- Languages
- English, Persian