About Sarah
Sarah Bentley meets people where they are and helps them make sense of repeated patterns. She focuses on adults who feel stuck by old wounds, painful beliefs, or ongoing emotional distress. Sarah uses clear, practical steps so people can try new ways of thinking and feeling in everyday life.
She emphasizes finding the early experiences that shaped current reactions. That often means looking at attachment and how relationships taught someone to cope.
Background and approach
Sarah pairs that understanding with hands-on skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood shifts, and handle intense emotions. Her work blends client-centered listening with goal-focused tools. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts and dialectical behavior skills to improve emotion regulation.
When trauma is part of the picture, she includes EMDR to address distress linked to specific memories. Sarah has 10 years of clinical experience and holds LPCC and LMHP credentials. She practices in New Mexico and talks with clients in plain language about realistic steps forward.
Sessions are meant to be a place to try things out, learn new reactions, and build steadier routines. People often come for help with anxiety, depression, relationship problems, grief, addictions, and difficulty sleeping. She also supports those facing caregiver strain, body image concerns, codependency, and life transitions.
The goal is to reduce suffering and help individuals find ways to live more in line with their values.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current reactions. Online sessions use discussion and exercises to identify patterns and practice new ways of relating to yourself and others. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and the client’s own goals; this approach helps people feel heard and decide practical next steps during sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete tools to change unhelpful thoughts and routines and is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress management.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, past experiences, and what feels most useful. That conversation guides whether more skills training, trauma-focused methods, or a supportive, client-led path is the best fit.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls are close to an in-person visit and allow visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, journaling from home, or when someone prefers written exchanges. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Nebraska, New Mexico
- Languages
- English