
Sara Schuessler
Experienced, warm counselor in Missouri
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Experienced, warm counselor in Missouri
Start with Sara SchuesslerLicensed · Professional · Cancel Anytime
Sara Schuessler is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri with 14 years of clinical experience. She has worked extensively with individuals, families, teenagers, and children across a range of settings including residential treatment centers, homes, and schools, experiences that have contributed to a broad clinical skill set.
She is rostered in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and holds national clinical certification. Her practice areas include stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, anger management, relationship concerns, grief, self-esteem struggles, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD.
Sara’s counseling approach is warm and inviting, centered on the client’s goals and strengths. She practices in a client-centered way while drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques to help clients identify and work toward meaningful change.
She holds a Master of Arts in Counseling from Missouri Baptist University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice from Truman State University. Her availability for sessions is Monday and Thursday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and she is not able to schedule evenings or weekends.
Outside of work she enjoys shopping at Target, cycling on her Peloton, watching the latest Netflix shows, reading, and spending time with her family and their dog. She welcomes new clients and looks forward to working together.
Many people wonder whether remote therapy can really help. For common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, or navigating life changes, online therapy has been found to be comparably effective to traditional in-person care for most individuals.
A major benefit is flexibility - clients can connect in the format that best fits their needs, whether by video call, phone session, live chat, or in-app messaging. This range of options makes it easier to integrate therapy into a busy schedule.
Each therapist participating in online services is a licensed professional, and if a different fit is needed clients are free to switch therapists at any time. For many people, the combination of clinical expertise and adaptable access makes online therapy a practical and effective option.