Sara Au

Sara Au is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in California with five years of experience supporting adults who feel stuck or unsure what comes next. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and depression, and she also addresses related concerns such as attachment and abandonment, codependency, body image, and family of origin issues.

Sara keeps conversations direct and practical. She helps people name what feels off and figure out manageable next steps. Sessions often include looking at patterns in relationships, communication habits, and coping strategies so clients can test small changes between meetings.

Her approach uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address trauma, difficult emotions, and problems that repeat over time. She pays attention to how past relationships influence current choices and to ways people avoid connection or commitment when scared.

Clients can expect straightforward talk about goals and obstacles. Sara works to create a plan that fits each person’s everyday life, with specific skills and experiments to try outside sessions. She also focuses on rebuilding self-trust after loss, separation, or betrayal.

Her work is practical rather than abstract. She supports people who want clearer direction after a job change, relationship ending, or a period of feeling empty. To begin, people complete an online matching questionnaire and schedule a first session to see if the fit feels right.

Evidence-based approaches for direction and healing

Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used to address repeating patterns and difficult emotions. One common approach focuses on looking at how early relationships shape current behavior and connection. It helps people understand attachment styles, notice automatic reactions, and practice different ways of relating when worries or abandonment fears appear.

Another useful technique targets symptoms of anxiety and depression through skills and behavioral changes. This approach breaks problems into manageable pieces, teaches breathing and grounding tools when emotions spike, and sets small behavioral experiments to test new ways of coping between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review what’s causing the most distress, discuss goals, and together decide which techniques to try first. That makes the process collaborative and adaptable over time.

Confirm the available session formats before scheduling, since the profile does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins when needed. If video is difficult, phone sessions can offer a simpler way to connect with less bandwidth or to fit a break at work.