Sara Harvey, LPC

Sara Harvey is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 15 years of experience. She began her career working at a non-profit serving at-risk children and families. Sara focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports those facing relationship and family problems, grief, addiction, and the strain that comes with caregiving and aging concerns.

She has substantial experience working directly with children and adolescents and with the adults connected to them. Much of her work has taken place in homes, schools, and community settings, which gives her a practical perspective on everyday family life. That background informs how she approaches therapy with adults as well.

Sara uses approaches that include attachment-based work and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice patterns, change unhelpful thoughts, and build healthier responses. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing and trauma-focused methods when addressing change and recovery challenges. Sessions are adapted to fit each person's needs rather than following a fixed script.

Her style is respectful and direct. She aims to make the room a place where clients can talk honestly about what’s hard and learn small, doable steps forward. Sara emphasizes collaboration and clear goals so clients know what they are working toward.

People who benefit most tend to be those coping with life transitions, parenting stress, caregiver burden, or lingering effects of trauma. If aging or caregiver issues are a concern, she includes those topics in the plan and practical strategies for daily life.

How attachment and cognitive approaches work online

Sara uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current relationships and reactions. That approach helps when people struggle with closeness, abandonment concerns, or caregiver stress by naming patterns and trying new ways of relating.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting thoughts that feed anxiety or low mood and testing more helpful beliefs. It often includes short exercises to practice between sessions and clear steps to measure progress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Then she and the client decide, collaboratively, which methods to try and adjust them as needed.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm the current online session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, shorten travel time, and allow sessions from different locations when that helps. Some formats are better for quick check-ins, while others support longer therapeutic work and exercises between meetings.