About Sarah
Sarah Peters offers structured, compassionate support for people seeking clearer coping strategies and greater emotional balance. She frames therapy as a commitment to personal growth, similar to working with a trainer, and partners with clients to set goals, build practical skills, and navigate life transitions.
Background and approach
Her practice welcomes those wanting focused talk therapy as well as clients who find expression through art and reflective writing. Peters is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with 11 years of professional work.
She draws on a strength-based outlook and integrates evidence-informed methods such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside other clinical tools to support emotion regulation, stress reduction, and recovery from grief and compassion fatigue. Additional attention is given to concerns related to aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, intellectual disability, seasonal affective disorder, social anxiety, relationships, and family matters.
Her goal is to create a supportive environment where clients can practice new skills, increase self-esteem, and make lasting changes.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and learn ways to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps toward meaningful goals, often useful for anxiety, life changes, and low self-esteem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms of stress, social anxiety, and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can be especially helpful for managing intense emotions and compassion fatigue.Finding the right approach is collaborative; the therapist will work with each person to explore which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions can combine talk-based work with expressive practices like reflective writing or art when that aligns with a client's style and therapeutic goals.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to engage from different locations and at different times. These options make it easier to maintain consistency, practice skills between sessions, and choose formats that suit varying comfort levels and schedules while working with licensed professionals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English