- Respectful listening
- Practical steps
- Value-driven work
About Sara
Sara DeVaney is a licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of experience practicing in Oregon. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and build self esteem and confidence. She emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care while listening to each person's story.
She shapes conversations and plans around what the individual needs. Sessions are designed to be practical and straightforward, with clear goals each step of the way. Sara aims to make starting therapy feel manageable rather than overwhelming.
Sara uses methods that help people notice what matters and change unhelpful patterns. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify personal values and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thinking. Motivational Interviewing and Narrative Therapy also inform how she helps people find motivation and reshape personal narratives.
Her approach is collaborative. She works with clients to set realistic steps and adjust the pace as needed. People who want a respectful, down-to-earth therapist who listens and offers practical tools often find this style helpful.
Her practice supports people coping with life changes, grief, relationship stress, addiction-related concerns, eating issues, anger, bipolar mood challenges, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related struggles. She encourages small, steady changes and supports clients through setbacks as part of progress.
She shapes conversations and plans around what the individual needs. Sessions are designed to be practical and straightforward, with clear goals each step of the way. Sara aims to make starting therapy feel manageable rather than overwhelming.
Sara uses methods that help people notice what matters and change unhelpful patterns. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify personal values and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thinking. Motivational Interviewing and Narrative Therapy also inform how she helps people find motivation and reshape personal narratives.
Her approach is collaborative. She works with clients to set realistic steps and adjust the pace as needed. People who want a respectful, down-to-earth therapist who listens and offers practical tools often find this style helpful.
Her practice supports people coping with life changes, grief, relationship stress, addiction-related concerns, eating issues, anger, bipolar mood challenges, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related struggles. She encourages small, steady changes and supports clients through setbacks as part of progress.