Sara Scruggs

Sara Scruggs, LCSW, brings ten years of clinical practice in Illinois to her work with people facing stress, anxiety, family conflict, and life transitions. Her training includes specialized certifications in mindfulness, trauma-sensitive care, grief and loss counseling, and structural family therapy. With a trauma-informed orientation she focuses on compassion fatigue, motivation and confidence building, and self-esteem challenges while attending to the practical demands of daily life.

Sara draws on a range of therapeutic approaches, including Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. She works with issues such as attachment and blended family dynamics, communication and control problems, forgiveness, guilt, impulsivity, jealousy, and workplace concerns. Her practice centers on a collaborative process that highlights each person’s strengths and helps translate insight into concrete steps toward the goals they identify. Sara frames her role as guiding and supporting the effort to create meaningful change over time.