Sarah Bent, LCSW

Sarah Bent is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, bipolar disorder, and depression. She practices from a calm, straightforward stance and aims to make starting therapy feel manageable for a worried parent or busy adult.

She focuses on real-life problems like caregiver strain, chronic illness and pain, persistent loneliness, and communication breakdowns. Sessions often look at mood changes, panic, and the emotional fallout from loss or past harm. She also addresses issues around aging, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and multicultural stressors.

Her style is warm and client-centered. That means she listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people find practical steps that fit their day-to-day lives. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is one of the tools she uses to help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try different behaviors.

Mindfulness and trauma-focused approaches are also part of her work when they match a person's goals. Those methods can help reduce reactivity, increase present-moment awareness, and address the effects of past trauma in manageable ways.

With eight years of clinical experience and LCSW credentials in Indiana and Maine, she combines practical techniques with a steady, respectful approach. People who choose her typically come away with clearer coping strategies, better communication skills, and a plan for moving forward.

How therapy approaches translate online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience without judgment. Online sessions let a therapist reflect back concerns, values, and goals while helping clients choose realistic steps to try between meetings.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. In online work CBT often uses short exercises, thought records, and behavioral experiments that clients can practice during the week and discuss on video or by message.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention skills to notice feelings and bodily responses without getting swept away. Practicing brief mindfulness exercises during a phone or video session can help someone learn tools they then use during stressful moments.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, then suggest one or a blend of methods to try. That plan can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.

Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful when face-to-face conversation matters, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep regular contact between sessions.