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Sara Harvey

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Sara Harvey, LPC

Michigan

Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Relationships

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Key details

  • CredentialsLPC
  • LicenseLPC, Michigan / 6401222785
  • NPI1346572237
  • Experience15 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationMichigan

About

  • Attachment-based work
  • Cognitive behavioral tools
  • Trauma-informed methods

About Sara

Sara Harvey is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 15 years of clinical experience. She has a long history working in community settings and has focused on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, addiction, grief, parenting, anger, and related issues.

Early in her career she worked at a nonprofit serving at-risk children and families. That work included home, school, and community visits and regular contact with young people and their caregivers. This background shaped her interest in attachment, bonding, and the practical stresses families face.

Sara uses approaches rooted in attachment work and cognitive behavioral ideas. She also draws on motivational interviewing and trauma-focused methods when they fit the client’s needs. In practice she helps people talk through current problems, notice patterns in thoughts and behavior, and try small experiments to see if things change.

Sessions tend to be straightforward and focused on real-life problems like snapping at loved ones, building boundaries at work, handling resentment, or coping after a loss. She also supports people managing caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image concerns, and isolation.

Sara explains clinical options plainly and involves the person in choosing what to try. Her experience includes work with attachment issues, aging and geriatric concerns, codependency, communication problems, control issues, hoarding, and forgiveness questions. She offers sessions in English for people located in Michigan.

To begin, prospective clients follow the standard match and scheduling steps so they can choose a first session and see how the approach fits their needs.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior. Online sessions using attachment ideas help people look at patterns between them and others, repair difficult interactions, and strengthen support networks. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. In an online session CBT tools are used to identify unhelpful thoughts, try new responses, and track practical changes between meetings.

Finding the best approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, preferences, and problems, and then recommend which methods to try first. That recommendation can change as progress is tracked and new problems come up, so the plan is adjusted together.

Confirm current session format options before booking since formats are not specified here. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - sessions can be scheduled around work breaks, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Online conversations also let therapists use worksheets, screen-sharing, and between-session tracking to support practical skills practice without promising a specific format.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseDepression

Also works with

AddictionsGriefParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessHoardingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational InterviewingTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

15+ years

Listed in

Michigan

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

Sara works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career changes, and related concerns.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She uses clear, practical conversations that highlight patterns in thinking and behavior and try small experiments to change them.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 15 years of professional experience, including substantial work in nonprofit settings with at-risk children and families.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Michigan and practices with that credential in the state.

Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.

What session formats does she use?

Please confirm current session format options before booking as session formats are not specified here.

How does payment work and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started with a first session?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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