Sara Khaledpour, LPC, LCPC

Sara Khaledpour is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Missouri with 12 years of experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth work with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction struggles, and concerns about self-esteem. Sessions are offered in English and Persian to match different comfort levels. Her approach centers on listening first and helping clients feel heard. She creates a calm space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. Sara emphasizes small, doable steps that make daily life feel more manageable. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Client-centered work means she follows what matters most to the person in front of her, and existential ideas help people clarify values and purpose. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also appear in sessions when they fit the person's goals. Sara helps with relationship concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, anger, career changes, and coping with life transitions. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, bipolar concerns, compassion fatigue, and a range of additional focus areas such as body image and communication problems. Work with Sara may include short-term problem solving or longer-term coaching toward clearer goals. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. To begin, a client completes a brief matching questionnaire and schedules according to her availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Sara often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice thinking patterns and try small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood. CBT offers clear tools for tackling worry, unhelpful habits, and sleep or eating routines.

She also uses client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s own goals. That approach focuses on active listening, empathy, and following what the client says matters most. Existential work appears when clients want to clarify values, find meaning, or face big life questions in a realistic way.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sara treats the choice as a collaboration - she will listen to concerns, discuss options, and adjust methods based on the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. The plan can change as progress is made.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions are a good choice when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the schedule. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit support into busy days and to follow up between sessions. These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and accessible for different routines and goals.