Sara Irwin , LCPC, LPC

Sara Irwin, LCPC, LPC, brings 14 years of clinical experience helping people navigate addiction, trauma, relationship strain, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, and a wide range of other concerns. She holds state counseling licenses - LCPC and LPC - which authorize her to practice as a professional counselor, and she completed a Masters degree in Community Counseling at Creighton University in 2008. She is also trained as a certified Clinical Trauma Professional, reflecting advanced preparation for working with trauma and abuse.

Sara has worked in both clinic settings and private practice with clients of all ages, combining active listening with practical problem solving to support meaningful change. Her approach draws from cognitive-behavioral methods, humanistic perspectives, and trauma-informed skills, allowing her to address issues like substance use, impulse control, stress, parenting difficulties, intimacy concerns, and mood disorders in ways that fit each person’s needs. She emphasizes genuineness and understanding while helping clients set and reach realistic goals.

Outside of her clinical work, Sara balances life with family activities, running, travel, reading, and time outdoors. She aims to help people get unstuck and move toward a life that feels more manageable and aligned with their values.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and develop practical skills to act on those values even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and getting unstuck from unhelpful patterns.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current ways of relating. By exploring attachment patterns, clients can improve communication, repair relationship wounds, and build more secure connections with others.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, offering concrete strategies to change unhelpful thinking and develop healthier coping. It is often effective for mood disorders, anxiety, and impulse-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sara works collaboratively with clients and licensed professionals to identify which methods best match each person’s needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan over time based on what proves most helpful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit care into a busy life, to access services from different locations, and to continue work with a therapist across schedules. These options support consistent, accessible care that can be tailored to individual routines and needs.