Sarah Bodden-Cheffen , LPC

Sarah Bodden-Cheffen is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with nine years of clinical experience. She draws on straightforward, conversational care to help people handle stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Sarah works with clients across a range of issues linked to women’s lives, including self-esteem, intimacy, parenting, and grief.

Her approach centers on the person in front of her. She uses client-centered methods to listen first and create space for each person’s story. From there she brings in practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior.

Sarah also uses emotionally focused ways of working to help people understand patterns in close relationships and to improve connection. Mindfulness and acceptance-based techniques are woven into sessions to help people manage strong emotions and stay grounded during change. She describes clients as the experts on their own lives and partners with them to find useful next steps.

She has experience addressing trauma and abuse, bipolar and mood disorders, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Other areas she supports include codependency, infidelity, divorce and separation, hoarding, obsessive-compulsive concerns, and navigating life purpose or career shifts.

Sarah offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and she works in English from Louisiana.

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Sarah integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice painful thoughts and still take action toward what matters. ACT can help when someone feels stuck by anxiety, depression, or life changes by focusing on values and small, meaningful steps.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a hands-on method that looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. CBT is useful for addressing anxiety, mood concerns, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and problem-solving in day-to-day life.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to goals, try techniques together, and adjust methods when needed so sessions feel useful and realistic for each person.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or times with less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are helpful for brief updates, tracking homework, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work between sessions.