Sarah Vollentine
Compassionate guidance for change and connection
LCSW Louisiana
- Experience
- 3 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing
- Languages
- English
About Sarah
Sarah Vollentine is a licensed clinical social worker who brings three years of direct practice to people navigating stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. She emphasizes helping clients reclaim a sense of hope while also building skills for acceptance in the present.
Background and approach
Her background includes supporting parents and caregivers through difficult medical journeys with their children and assisting young adults who feel overwhelmed by new responsibilities and changes.
Sarah works from a warm but challenge-oriented stance, inviting clients to explore patterns such as codependency, control issues, and family of origin dynamics while addressing topics like forgiveness, guilt and shame, and life purpose. She also offers focused support related to pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum depression, women’s health concerns, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue.
Conversations with her tend to center on practical coping strategies alongside deeper exploration of values and meaning. Based in Louisiana and practicing in English, Sarah offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
She holds an LCSW (LA LCSW 16330) and approaches work with motivational interviewing, solution-focused techniques, and cognitive behavioral strategies to help clients identify goals and workable steps forward.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Sarah uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete strategies for managing anxiety, stress, and self-esteem challenges. Motivational interviewing is also part of her toolkit and focuses on exploring personal values and strengthening motivation for change, which can be especially useful for issues like codependency, life-purpose exploration, or behavior shifts.Choosing the right approach is collaborative; she works with each client to determine which methods fit their goals and preferences and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. This partnership helps tailor sessions to immediate concerns while building toward longer-term aims.
Online therapy with her makes it possible to access care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options allow clients to engage in skill practice, goal-setting, and reflective work from locations that suit them, making it easier to maintain consistency during life transitions and busy periods.
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Experience
3+ years
Licensed
Louisiana
Languages
English