Sara Bice

Sara Bice is a licensed mental health counselor in New York who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She supports those coping with trauma and abuse, addiction-related struggles, and family conflict. Sara also offers coaching for practical life changes and decisions. She prefers a direct, respectful approach that adapts to each person’s needs. Conversations are tailored to what the client brings, with clear goals and steps to try between sessions. She draws on methods that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, build skills, and try new ways of handling hard moments. Sara uses client-centered listening to understand what matters most to each person. She also incorporates cognitive behavioral techniques to spot patterns of thinking that keep problems going. Mindfulness and solution-focused practices help clients find small, doable changes and stay present when emotions are intense. Her work includes specific attention to adoption and foster care matters, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family issues, caregiving stress, and concerns that arise around serious illness or end-of-life situations. She mentions experience related to military family life through her own background as a veteran spouse. Sara holds the LMHC credential and brings 16 years of professional experience to her practice in New York. If you are thinking about therapy, she encourages taking the first step and will help tailor a plan that fits your situation.

Approaches that guide online counseling

Sara often draws on client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy in her sessions. Client-centered therapy means the session starts by listening closely to what matters most to the client and shaping the conversation around their priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going and practicing new ways of responding to stress and anxiety.

She also uses mindfulness and solution-focused ideas to help people manage strong emotions and make small, achievable changes. Mindfulness helps clients notice thoughts and sensations without getting swept up in them. Solution-focused techniques emphasize practical steps and quick experiments to test what helps in daily life.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Sara will work with each client to determine which methods fit their goals and preferences and may combine approaches as needed. She aims to set clear, actionable goals and adjust the plan over time based on what’s working.

If you are interested in online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and support continuity of care when life is hectic.