Sara Khaledpour , LPC, LCPC

Sara Khaledpour is a licensed professional counselor with licensure in Missouri and Illinois and 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and self-esteem struggles. Sara creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk honestly about what they are feeling. She speaks English and Persian and works with adults on a range of life concerns.

In sessions she aims to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small changes that make daily life easier. She uses practical strategies to address sleep, eating, motivation, and substance use concerns. For people facing grief, trauma, or relationship strain she offers steady support and a chance to sort through painful memories.

Sara draws on client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in each person's values and goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify thoughts that increase distress and to build new coping skills. Mindfulness tools and motivational interviewing are woven in when they fit the client's needs.

Her work includes helping people with intimacy-related issues, career stress, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with major life changes. She also has experience with body image, communication problems, and the impacts of illness and aging.

Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sara supports clients who are ready to take practical steps toward better daily functioning and more satisfying relationships.

How Sara’s Approaches Work Online

Sara uses client-centered therapy to keep the work focused on each person's values and goals. This approach helps people feel heard and decide what changes matter most to them. It can be useful for relationship worries, self-esteem issues, and deciding next steps in life.

She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT offers practical exercises and small homework tasks to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or change eating and addictive patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and happens together. The therapist will check in about your goals and preferences and adapt methods like client-centered work or CBT as needed. This collaborative planning helps match techniques to what feels most useful.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video lets you use face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a shorter break or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or steady support between longer sessions.