Sarah Fagan
Compassionate counselor who adapts to your needs
LCMHC North Carolina
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Sarah
Sarah Fagan is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with ten years of counseling experience in North Carolina. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, parenting pressures, relationship and family concerns, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Her manner is warm and approachable, and she aims to make sessions feel relaxed and honest. Sarah uses a person-centered, strengths-based style and adapts to each person's needs.
She draws on practical methods such as cognitive behavioral approaches and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address thoughts, behaviors, and values. She also integrates attachment-focused ideas to help with relational patterns.
Her work often includes support for people coping with ADHD, autism spectrum concerns, chronic illness or pain, caregiver strain, and work-related burnout. She also addresses addiction, codependency, and challenges tied to adoption or abandonment.
Sessions may include creative elements like music or nature-based ideas when helpful. Sarah describes herself as nonjudgmental, respectful, and compassionate.
She aims to meet people where they are and tailors strategies to fit each person’s life. That practical flexibility is part of how she helps clients build new everyday habits and clearer communication.
People who choose to work with her can expect a collaborative process focused on skills, insight, and steady progress. She invites clients to share their interests so therapy can feel relevant and, when appropriate, lightened by humor or creative activities.
How evidence-based approaches can work online
Sarah often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people get clearer on what matters to them and take small actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions by building skills for staying present and committed to meaningful goals.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early and current relationships shape reactions and expectations. This can help people understand communication patterns and build healthier connections in day-to-day life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then combine methods that fit the person. Together they plan practical steps and check progress over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for longer sessions and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, chat and text can support brief check-ins or skill practice, and mixed formats help fit therapy into busy schedules. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care when life gets crowded.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed in
North Carolina
Languages
English