Sarah Fagan, LCMHC

Sarah Fagan is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor practicing in North Carolina with about ten years of counseling experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, addictions, relationship problems, parenting challenges, and major life changes. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, and she aims to make sessions feel relaxed and approachable.

She spends time getting to know each person's needs and preferences before tailoring an approach. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings, building strengths, and improving day-to-day coping. Sarah mixes talking, skill practice, and creative tools such as music or nature when helpful.

Sarah often draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and build different habits. She also uses attachment-based work to address relationship patterns and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and take meaningful action. These methods are applied in a person-centered, strengths-focused way.

Her background includes supporting people through trauma, childhood and domestic abuse, developmental differences such as autism spectrum concerns and ADHD, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and the strains of healthcare and military life. She also works with concerns like self-esteem, anger, grief, and bipolar and depressive symptoms.

Sarah values honesty, respect, and cultural awareness in therapy. She adapts her approach as needed and invites clients to bring their interests into sessions. To begin, clients follow the site's matching steps and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and reactions, helping people build more secure ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sarah collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She adjusts techniques along the way so the plan fits how someone likes to learn and practice new skills.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Some people find remote meetings help them practice skills in their regular routines, while others prefer in-person settings; Sarah will help decide what suits your situation and schedule.