About Sarah
Sarah Lamie draws on 18 years of clinical experience as an LCSW to offer a compassionate, client-centered approach to therapy. She emphasizes creating an open, nonjudgmental space where individuals can explore stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
Her work prioritizes listening closely to each person's story and using evidence-based methods to help people identify practical steps toward feeling better. In addition to core concerns like coping with loss and managing mood, she has worked with issues related to aging and geriatric concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, communication difficulties, and end-of-life counseling.
She also addresses forgiveness, guilt and shame, impulsivity, isolation, life purpose, traumatic brain injury, women's issues, and young adult challenges. Sarah combines client-centered therapy with structured tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques to tailor care to individual needs.
Licensed in Illinois (LCSW, IL LCSW 149016693), she brings steady clinical experience and practical strategies to support people seeking meaningful change.
Integrating Evidence-Based Methods with Online Care
Sarah often draws on client-centered therapy to prioritize each person's perspective and goals, creating a collaborative frame where the client's experience guides the work. Cognitive behavioral therapy is another frequent component, offering practical tools to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. She works together with clients to determine which methods feel most useful, adjusting techniques over time based on goals, preferences, and response to treatment. This collaborative style helps tailor interventions in a way that fits each person's life and priorities.
Online therapy provides flexibility to access those approaches from wherever a client is located in Illinois. Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and communication preferences. These options can make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice new skills between meetings, and receive support in a format that feels manageable.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English