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- ACT and CBT
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Sara
Sara Scott is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Missouri with 26 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, depression, addictions, parenting concerns, and other life changes. Sessions are aimed at practical steps people can use at home and in daily life.
Sara draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy. She uses these methods to help people notice unhelpful patterns, try different ways of responding, and build skills for handling strong emotions. Her work often focuses on relationship conflict, intimacy issues, family concerns, and parenting strain.
Her background includes a Bachelor of Social Work from Columbia College and a Master of Social Work from Saint Louis University. She has worked in nonprofits, hospitals, prisons, and schools. That range of settings informs how she adapts practical strategies to varied life situations.
Sara has experience counseling individuals and facilitating groups, and she has worked with adults and children in prior roles. In sessions she aims for clear, straightforward conversation and exercises that can be used between meetings. People looking for help with coping, communication, or behavioral patterns will find concrete tools and steady guidance.
She also addresses attachment and family of origin issues, blended family concerns, and challenges related to chronic illness or aging. If you want to talk through relationship strain, parenting stress, or difficult transitions, she offers approach-focused, skills-based support.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions
Sara commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify values and take small, manageable steps toward them. ACT focuses on accepting difficult thoughts while committing to actions that reflect what matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and then test new ways of responding. CBT is practical and often involves exercises to try between sessions to reduce anxiety or depressive patterns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are offered when emotions feel overwhelming. These skills include distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness that can help with relationship strain and impulse-related concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and life demands. That choice can shift over time as needs change.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and DBT techniques to work remotely, and Sara will help decide how to structure sessions so they fit your routine.
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Experience
26+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
Sara works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, depression, addictions, parenting issues, and related challenges listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy to teach practical skills and perspective shifts.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of clinical experience in a range of settings including nonprofits, hospitals, prisons, and schools.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Missouri.
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.
Which session formats are available?
Confirm current session formats before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats. Please check the platform options when scheduling.
How does cost work for sessions?
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 the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.