Sara Cooley, LCSW
Colorado · 5 years in practice
Sara Cooley is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and major life changes.
License and registration
- LCSW, Colorado
- 09927331 · expires August 2027
- LCSW, Texas
- 64250 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1346882594 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Sara
Sara Cooley is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and major life changes. She focuses on everyday struggles like panic attacks, mood shifts, problems with sleep and eating, and parenting stress. Sara uses a straightforward, compassionate style to help people feel steadier and think more clearly about next steps.
Sara draws on several practical approaches to help people build skills and make choices that match their values.
Background and approach
She works on coping tools for overwhelming feelings and on ways to improve communication and boundaries. Sessions aim to reduce isolation, address shame and guilt, and reconnect people with a sense of purpose. Her background includes five years of clinical practice as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - in Colorado.
That experience has included helping people facing addiction struggles, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and compassion fatigue. She blends structured skills work with space for meaning-focused conversation. Sara often uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts and behaviors.
She also offers Client-Centered and Dialectical Behavior Therapy approaches when appropriate. Existential ideas appear in sessions that focus on life purpose and values. People meet her through a subscription-based online format that offers video, phone, chat, and messaging options.
She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step are used to find a good fit.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sara lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sara names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Sara’s Approaches Work Online
Existential work focuses on questions of meaning, choice, and values. It helps when someone feels stuck, uncertain about purpose, or overwhelmed by life transitions by opening a space to identify what matters most. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical skills to accept strong feelings and take actions that match personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and avoidance patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose which methods best fit a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining values-focused conversation with skills from ACT or cognitive strategies from CBT, and adjusting as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging make it easier to fit brief touchpoints into a busy day or to follow up between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Sara help with?
Sara supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addictions, and major life changes. She also helps with parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, body image, and career concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and direct with a focus on practical skills and meaning. Sessions combine skills practice with conversations about values and purpose.
What experience does she have?
She has five years of clinical practice as an LCSW working in Colorado with a range of mood, anxiety, trauma, and behavioral concerns. That experience informs both skills-based and exploratory work.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LCSW credential and is licensed in Colorado. Her profile notes practice based in Colorado.
Which languages does she offer sessions in?
Sessions are offered in English. She is also listed as accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Multiple formats let people pick what fits their day.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up process.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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