About Sara
Sara Veldhuizen is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Indiana who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addictions, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She works with adults who want clearer self-understanding and steady change. Her style is collaborative and reflective, and she invites clients to notice patterns that shape daily life.
Sara takes an insight-oriented approach that looks at emotions and the stories people tell about themselves. Sessions focus on why things feel the way they do as much as on practical steps to feel better.
Background and approach
She uses straightforward conversation to help people connect feelings with behavior and choices. Her work often supports those dealing with trauma, parenting strain, career stress, body image and identity questions, and grief or separation. She also addresses complex concerns like co-morbidity, codependency, and caregiving stress while helping people find workable tools for coping.
Sara draws on a mix of client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques. That blend lets her tailor sessions to each person’s needs and goals rather than following a fixed plan. With 11 years of clinical experience, she aims to create a steady, respectful space for exploration.
People who are willing to reflect and take active steps often find the process most helpful. The work is paced to the individual and focused on outcomes they value.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and meeting people where they are; the therapist follows the client’s lead and helps them name feelings and choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that help reduce reactivity and increase moment-to-moment awareness.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they’ll try methods that fit and adjust over time based on what feels useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video sessions are helpful for longer, in-depth work when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, coaching-style support, or reaching out between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- 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
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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