Sarah M Holshouser Counseling
My approach uses creativity, awareness, and experience to support you as you face life’s challenges.
— Accepting virtual clients in MA, NC, and SC —
Specialties
Neurodiversity
I have focused much of my career on working with neurodiverse women and men whose cognitive profile and way of experiencing the world leaves them feeling misunderstood. My clients often describe themselves as “highly sensitive,” and have experienced challenges with interpersonal relationships and executive functioning.
Anxiety
Clients often experience worry related to interpersonal relationships, the future, and things they have limited control over. Together we build personalized coping skills to encourage an empowered approach to life’s challenges.
Depression
With clients, I often describe depression as feeling as if you’ve “fallen into a hole that you can’t climb out of.” I work with clients to develop the skills to identify the indicators of depression for themselves and encourage simple, accessible tools to use to reemerge from depressive episodes more easily.
Life Transitions
From new relationships, new schools/jobs, and new family members to the loss of loved ones, loss of relationships, and loss of consistency, change is a difficult burden to bear on one’s own. I work with my clients to find self compassion, purpose, and reimagining for themselves in the face of change.
Family Support
It is a joy to support families to identify challenging communication patterns and relationship dynamics and to introduce and encourage the application of solutions towards our most important long lasting, healthy relationships; those we share with our family.
Couples Work
I often refer to myself as your “translator,” taking a collaborative, strength-based approach to help partners improve communication, deepen emotional connections, and navigate conflicts with empathy, mutual respect, and practical strategies for lasting change
Supervision
For new and budding clinicians (LCSWAs) in MA I offer virtual and in-person supervision as you work to achieve your LICSW designation.
What to expect
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Consultation call/email
Please reach out to schedule a consultation phone call (or email correspondence if preferred) via the contact form below.
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Patient Portal
Following our initial consult correspondence, I will send you a secure link to you, or your child’s, patient portal. The link will direct you to all intake paperwork and insurance and billing information.
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Introductory Session
The introductory session is an opportunity to get to know one another and for you to get a sense of my demeanor and approach to ensure that I am a good fit for your/your child’s needs.
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Ongoing Support
Weekly sessions are recommended to build rapport and to lessen the severity of the presenting problem immediately. As we continue to work together, clients often drop down to bi-weekly sessions for ongoing support.
Private Pay Rates
Individual Therapy
This is designated for individuals to process and explore their thoughts. Typically, meetings are weekly or bi-weekly. [Virtual]
50-60 mins | $150 | Get started
Couples/Family Therapy
This session will help you and you loved one(s) improve communication and understanding of one another and work together to achieve shared goals. [Virtual]
50-60 mins | $165 | Get started
Coaching session
This session will help you with what you care most about and develop a plan to achieve personal and professional goals. [Virtual]
50-60 mins | pricing on an individual basis | Get started
Insurance benefits
I am considered in-network with Aetna (Optum) and United Healthcare and use Alma to manage all billing through insurance. We will work together to confirm your benefits and expected copayment costs prior to our first session.