Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Sarah works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC, LMHP
- Licensed in
- Nebraska, New Mexico
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Sarah
Sarah Bentley works with adults who feel stuck in repeating old patterns. She focuses on uncovering past experiences that shape current behavior and emotion. Her approach aims to reduce ongoing anger, anxiety, and depressive states so people can move forward with more ease.
She uses a blend of practical talk and focused therapies. Sessions look at the memories and beliefs that keep problems alive. She helps people reframe those beliefs and develop new ways to respond to triggers.
Background and approach
The goal is clearer thinking and fewer automatic reactions. Sarah integrates eye movement desensitization and reprocessing as one way to process traumatic memories alongside cognitive-behavioral techniques that target unhelpful thinking. She also uses attachment-based ideas to explore relationship patterns and dialectical behavior strategies for managing strong emotions.
These tools are chosen to match each person’s needs. With ten years of experience, Sarah holds LPCC and LMHP credentials in New Mexico and Nebraska respectively. She offers practical steps in each session, such as behavioral experiments, skill-building, and gentle memory processing when appropriate.
Therapy is collaborative and paced to what the client can handle. Sessions may address anger, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, self-esteem, sleep and eating concerns, caregiver stress, and related issues. Clients can expect clear goals, regular skill practice, and compassion for the hard parts of change.
What Sarah works with
Everything Sarah lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Sarah's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Sarah lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide remote work and emotion regulation
Sarah blends cognitive-behavioral techniques with attachment-based ideas and EMDR-informed memory processing. Cognitive-behavioral therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and the behaviors that follow, which can reduce reactive anger and anxiety. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns shape current ways of relating, helping people notice and alter repeating dynamics. EMDR-informed memory processing offers structured steps to desensitize distressing memories so they interfere less with daily life.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Sarah talks with each person about their goals, past experiences, and what feels tolerable in therapy. Together they decide whether to focus first on skills, on processing painful memories, or on exploring relationship patterns, and they adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match practical needs. Video works well for full sessions with visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins, and text messaging is useful for ongoing reminders and short reflections. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity between sessions.
Questions people ask about Sarah
What concerns does this therapist address?
She helps people with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, self-esteem, sleep and eating issues, career strain, and other related concerns.
What is the therapy style like?
The style is collaborative and practical. Sessions combine talking, skill practice, and targeted memory processing when it fits the client's goals.
How much experience does she have?
Sarah has ten years of clinical experience working with adults on long-standing patterns and emotional challenges.
What credentials and location are on record?
She holds LPCC and LMHP credentials, listed as NM LPCC and NE LMHP, and is based in New Mexico.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently working with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is provided via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.