About Sarah
Sarah Turnpaugh is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on practical support for everyday struggles. She listens carefully and helps people find clearer ways to manage stress, anxiety, grief, and ADHD-related challenges. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at helping people feel more steady in daily life.
She draws on client-centered work that keeps the person’s goals in view. Sessions often include cognitive behavioral strategies to shift unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing is used when people want to find energy for change or to tackle stuck patterns. Sarah has five years of clinical experience working with adults and adolescents. She has supported people through trauma, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, career changes, compassion fatigue, and chronic illness.
She also helps with anger, self-esteem, communication problems, and the emotional effects of major life transitions. In a typical session she aims to create a calm, respectful space where someone can talk through what matters most. She works with each person to set doable goals and to practice small changes that add up over time.
Progress often comes from clear steps and steady effort rather than sudden fixes. Sarah practices in Virginia and offers therapy in English. She can work by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
To start, a brief online questionnaire matches someone and then appointments are scheduled based on therapist availability.
How these approaches work in online sessions
Client-centered therapy places your goals at the center of the work and focuses on supportive listening and collaboration. In online sessions this means the therapist follows your lead, helps you clarify what matters, and adapts strategies that fit your daily routine.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them. Online CBT sessions typically include short exercises, thought tracking, and step-by-step plans you can use between meetings to manage anxiety, low mood, or ADHD-related challenges.
Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to make a change. It fits well when motivation feels low or when someone is unsure where to start; the therapist asks questions and reflects back what matters most to you so you can move toward realistic steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your concerns, discuss options, and help decide which methods fit your goals and preferences. That collaborative process makes it easier to try strategies that actually match your life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls when face-to-face conversation is helpful, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for short check-ins, or text messaging for ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit care around work, family, and other demands while keeping continuity of care over time.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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