Sarah Gillespie, MI Psychologist 6301013150

Sarah Gillespie is a Michigan psychologist with more than 26 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling stuck or overwhelmed and focuses on practical steps that lead to change. Her work often centers on thoughts and everyday habits that shape mood and behavior.

Sarah uses a direct but supportive style. Sessions are collaborative - she listens, offers feedback when asked, and helps people set clear goals. Many people come for help with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, relationship strain, addictive behaviors, sleep problems, and career or life transitions.

Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, and solution-focused strategies. That means conversations focus on strengths, real-life habits, and small experiments that can shift how a person thinks and acts. She also incorporates motivational interviewing and skills from dialectical behavior approaches when helpful.

Sarah has helped people with a wide range of concerns such as panic, social anxiety, bipolar mood challenges, gender dysphoria, first responder stress, and end-of-life issues. She also supports people coping with parenting stress, compassion fatigue, hoarding, and substance use concerns. The aim is practical change that fits daily life.

To begin, she asks people to identify what they want to change and then builds steps from there. Sarah describes her stance as compassionate, non-judgmental, and outcome-focused, guiding people toward clearer habits and calmer thinking.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and following a person's lead. It helps when someone needs a space to make sense of feelings and to build confidence in their own choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and everyday habits and uses simple experiments and practice to change unhelpful patterns; this is often useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether client-centered listening, CBT techniques, or other methods fit best based on goals and preferences. This is a shared process where adjustments are made as progress is tracked.

Because session formats were not specified in the biography, please confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to slot therapy into a busy week, allow a focused check-in between other commitments, or mean less travel. Some formats also require less bandwidth or are shorter for quick coaching-style conversations, so practical needs and daily routines can guide the choice of how to meet.