Sara Gatlin , LPC

Sara Gatlin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career difficulties, depression, and coping with life changes. Sara emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for people reaching out.

She adapts conversations and plans to each person’s needs. Sessions cover practical skills for managing anxiety and stress, rebuilding confidence, and navigating career decisions. She also helps people work through identity and life-purpose questions that often come up in young adulthood.

In addition to those primary concerns, Sara addresses related issues such as body image, attachment worries, social anxiety, feelings of isolation, guilt and shame, and workplace challenges. She offers straightforward strategies alongside listening and reflection. Her approach balances problem-solving with attention to emotional experience.

Therapy with Sara is collaborative. She and the person seeking help shape goals together and check progress along the way. Her style aims to be down-to-earth and practical, with room for compassion and personal insight.

Sessions are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing flexibility for different schedules and needs. Conversations are conducted in English and she does not work with international clients.

Evidence-informed approaches and online access

Sara uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach emphasizes building coping skills for stress and anxiety through structured practice and small, manageable steps. This helps people reduce immediate overwhelm and gain tools for everyday situations.

Another approach centers on improving self-esteem and relationships by identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing new behaviors. That method supports work on body image, social anxiety, attachment concerns, and issues tied to guilt or shame by combining reflection with concrete exercises.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sara will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they select techniques and adjust plans over time so the work stays relevant and realistic.

Online therapy offers flexibility for many schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth and time allow. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when video is difficult, and live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins, notes between sessions, or ongoing encouragement. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or busy home life while maintaining consistent progress.