Sarah Baumgardner, LPC

Sarah Baumgardner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in West Virginia who helps people facing midlife concerns and other major life changes. She focuses on practical steps and clear conversation so clients can make decisions that feel right for them. Sarah aims to build a respectful and affirming space where people feel listened to and understood.

Sarah brings 13 years of experience supporting people with trauma, addiction, ADHD, and LGBTQ concerns. She uses straightforward methods to reduce shame, increase self-compassion, and improve communication. Sessions often include skills practice, values clarification, and work on attachment patterns.

Her work emphasizes collaboration. Clients set priorities and Sarah offers tools and ideas tailored to those goals. She often blends cognitive behavioral techniques with emotion regulation and acceptance strategies to address both immediate problems and longer term patterns.

Sarah has supported children, adolescents, and adults through relationship shifts, grief, identity questions, and caregiving stress. She pays attention to how past attachments shape present choices and relationships. Practical tools and clearer self-understanding are common outcomes people pursue in her sessions.

In conversations she focuses on simple, actionable steps. That might look like short behavioral experiments, values-based decision work, or communication practice. People who want a direct, compassionate approach that balances skills and exploration may find her style a good fit.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small, value-driven steps. It helps when decisions feel hard or values and behavior are out of sync. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, mood shifts, and coping with life transitions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to manage strong emotions and improve relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs. That might mean trying one method for a while and adjusting based on what helps.

Confirm the specific session formats available before booking so you know what options are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also supports continued work through transitions and can let people practice skills in the settings where they live and work.