Sarah Close

Sarah Close is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Oregon with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, and depression. She also supports people navigating life purpose questions and midlife shifts.

Sarah draws on a relational, trauma-informed stance in her work. She uses parts-based ideas from Internal Family Systems and concepts from the Neuro-Affective Relational Model (NARM) to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck. Sessions focus on slowing down, staying curious, and building connection to what matters.

In a session Sarah helps people name difficult feelings and trace how those feelings show up in relationships and daily life. She offers practical ways to manage panic, worry, and mood shifts. She also helps people sort through attachment wounds, abandonment fears, and communication problems that affect close relationships.

She has worked in schools, community counseling centers, group practice settings, and addiction treatment facilities. That variety informs a straightforward style aimed at increasing insight and useful skills for everyday situations. Sarah also brings experience from teaching, writing, and business into how she structures sessions.

People who come with chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image concerns, or the fallout of separation and divorce will find a therapist who pays attention to both emotional patterns and concrete life demands. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the platform.

How her therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Sarah integrates a relational, trauma-informed stance that highlights connection and patterns between feelings and relationships. This approach helps people see how stress and attachment wounds play out in daily life and relationships, and it guides gentle pacing and focused conversation online.

She also works with parts-focused ideas from Internal Family Systems, which involves noticing inner parts that hold fear, shame, or protection and then learning to relate differently to them. This method can help with panic, shame, and confusion about priorities. Elements of the Neuro-Affective Relational Model (NARM) inform work with developmental attachment injuries, addressing how long-standing patterns affect identity and purpose.

Finding the right technique is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through options based on a clients immediate concerns, personal goals, and what feels manageable in sessions. Clients and therapist adjust methods as understanding grows.

Confirm current session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life because sessions do not require travel and can be scheduled around work or caregiving demands. Some formats also allow for shorter check-ins when time is limited, or for sessions without video when bandwidth is low. These practical choices help integrate therapy into everyday routines without promising a specific result.