- Practical skill focus
- Relational communication help
- Grief and loss support
About Sarah
Sarah Ross is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 27 years of experience. She has worked in clinic leadership, supervision, community mental health, drug courts, and marital counseling centers. Sarah focuses on practical help for common life struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship challenges.
She draws on many approaches to meet each person's needs. In sessions she listens without judgment and offers encouragement. She looks for blind spots clients may miss and gently names them so people can gain new insight. Sarah emphasizes that change takes time and a shared commitment from both client and counselor.
Her background includes grief work, collaboration with substance use counselors, and teaching communication skills to couples. That variety has shaped a flexible style that can shift between coaching, skill-building, and deeper exploration. She often uses cognitive tools to address unhelpful thinking and relational methods to improve communication.
People seeking help with parenting stress, blended-family challenges, workplace issues, or compassion fatigue will find a practical focus. She also supports those facing family-of-origin problems, codependency, divorce and separation, and forgiveness work. Sessions aim to combine new skills with clearer self-understanding.
Sarah practices in Washington and conducts work in English. She encourages anyone feeling stuck to take the next step and consider whether her approach fits their goals.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating a supportive space so people can find their own answers; it helps when someone needs empathy, encouragement, and clearer self-understanding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety or low mood. The Gottman Method centers on communication and relationship skills that address conflict, trust, and connection in partnerships. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sarah will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. She adapts methods over time, moving between coaching, skills practice, and deeper exploration depending on progress and needs. Confirm the available session options before booking since formats were not specified in the original biography. Online counseling can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or school by saving travel time and offering greater scheduling flexibility. It also allows for different interaction styles - a shorter check-in, focused skills practice, or longer exploratory sessions - to match a person's everyday routine and goals.Areas of expertise
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Experience
27+ years
Credentials
Washington
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Sarah help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, parenting and career stress, compassion fatigue, and related issues such as codependency and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is interactive and encouraging. She listens without judgment, points out blind spots, and mixes coaching, skills work, and deeper reflection to match each person's needs.
How long has she been practicing?
Sarah has been a licensed mental health counselor since 2003, giving her 27 years of clinical experience in a range of settings.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She practices in Washington and holds the credential LMHC, listed as WA LMHC.
Can I work with her in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.