About Therapy

Therapy at Plans For Healing by Sarah Edmunds
What to Expect in Therapy with Plans For Healing
Assessment and Goal Setting
Therapy starts with an in-depth assessment, which allows Sarah to understand each individual’s unique background, experiences, and specific challenges. Together, client and therapist set practical goals that prioritize immediate needs and long-term growth.
Customized Therapy Plans
Sarah crafts a customized therapy plan based on her 25+ years of experience, pulling from methods proven to address anxiety, depression, PTSD & trauma recovery. This may include Individualized therapy programs, cognitive behavioral techniques for reshaping negative thought patterns, mindfulness practices for coping with stress, and trauma-informed approaches that address the root causes of painful emotions.
Weekly Sessions and Skill-Building
Regular sessions serve as a foundation for growth and consistency. Sarah’s approach goes beyond conversation—each session is an opportunity to learn and apply skills, such as managing stress, handling interpersonal challenges, or developing healthier self-perceptions. Homework assignments or specific exercises between sessions help reinforce these new skills and provide life transition support.
Tracking Progress
At Plans For Healing, the process is as much about the journey as the results. Sarah places great emphasis on tracking client progress, revisiting goals, and adjusting the approach as needed. This flexible model ensures that each client feels supported and understood, even as life circumstances change.
Special Focus Areas
For individuals grappling with relationship issues—whether considering a change, healing from a breakup, or navigating family conflicts—Sarah provides counseling aimed at building healthier communication, self-clarity, and emotional resilience. Additionally, Plans For Healing offers Individualized therapy programs to help manage the toll of stress, improve self-worth, and find meaning through difficult transitions.
Accessible Care
Plans For Healing offers virtual teletherapy for those preferring the comfort and convenience of home. With flexible scheduling and an empathetic approach, Sarah ensures her clients have the life transition support to face life’s challenges with confidence and calm.
Sarah Edmunds, LCSW-C
I love what I do because I get to work with people just like you.
I get to see the smile return, the laugh lines form, and the return of a spark to someone’s eye when they realize life can be good again. It’s not always immediate. It takes time, dedication, persistence, and patience. But the reward is worth the effort.
I’ve learned so much in my work over the 25+ years I have been in the mental health field. There is nothing more honorable or awe-inspiring than to be invited in to share someone’s life journey, even when it is filled with hardship and heartbreak.
There are so many different ways to examine our lives and how we live them. I love the exploration and helping people find creative solutions through Individual therapy sessions.
I am well-practiced in establishing rapport and engaging individuals who are suffering from anxiety, depression, overwhelm, feelings of loss, disconnection, and identity insecurity.
I am a licensed mental health professional and a certified trauma counselor, as well as an experienced life and health coach using a strengths-based and integrative approach that focuses on the mind/body connection to decrease symptoms and enhance wellness. Clinically, I draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Self-Psychology, and Internal Family Systems, offering effective therapy for relationship issues.
I provide crisis counseling services, health coaching for women, divorce recovery coaching, and private counseling for mental health in a comfortable, confidential space to explore feelings and concerns. My style is warm and empathic. When it makes sense, I like to incorporate humor to help put clients at ease.
…I’ve worked in a variety of settings, including hospital emergency medicine, police-based mobile crisis unit, veteran services, treatment foster care, and as a care manager for at-risk seniors.
…I enjoy singing and songwriting, which led to my recording an album of my own original music a few years ago. I believe in music as medicine and encourage all my clients to find or return to creative outlets as an adjunct form of therapy.
