Sarah Lamie, LCSW

Sarah Lamie is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Illinois. She uses a warm, open approach to help people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. She aims to make it easier to talk about hard things and to take the first steps toward change.

With 18 years of experience, Sarah focuses on practical ways to feel steadier day to day. She listens for what matters most to each person and helps set small, doable goals. Sessions often include looking at unhelpful thought patterns, building motivation, and finding ways to manage strong emotions.

Sarah also supports people facing long-term challenges such as chronic pain, illness, or disability, and those navigating aging or caregiving roles. She offers guidance around communication struggles, loneliness, and questions about life purpose. Traumatic brain injury is listed among her focus areas and she brings experience working with related concerns.

Her style draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques. That mix is used to tailor sessions to each person’s needs rather than following a single plan.

People meet her for straightforward help with coping skills, grief work, boosting confidence, and moving through major life changes. She encourages steady progress and practical steps that fit into everyday life.

How Sarah’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Sarah uses client-centered therapy to follow each person’s pace and priorities. This means sessions focus on listening, reflecting what matters to the person, and shaping goals from their values and concerns.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thinking patterns and practical skills. CBT techniques can help with anxiety, depression, and managing reactions after life changes by teaching ways to test thoughts and try new behaviors.

Finding the right method is a collaborative process. Sarah will discuss what feels most helpful and adjust approaches as therapy progresses, combining tools from different methods to fit a person’s needs and goals.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also offers flexibility when someone needs a lower-bandwidth option or a session that’s easier to fit into a lunch break. Licensed professionals can adapt client-centered, CBT, and mindfulness techniques effectively in remote formats, and Sarah will work with each person to find what works best for them.