Sara La Force
(She/Her/Hers)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
I am an LCSW who specialize in treating adults struggling with anxiety, trauma, relational strain, depression, substance use, and life transitions.
Hello and Welcome! Choosing to engage in therapy is a potentially life changing choice and I would love to help you on your path. All individuals deserve a space to be accurately heard and a place to gain insight into the life patterns that have caused them instability and pain. I deeply believe in therapy as a joint and transformative space that can lead people to develop new skills and to discover their unique internal capacity to connect, heal, and thrive. I specialize in treating adults struggling with anxiety, trauma, relational strain, depression, substance use, and life transitions. I practice therapy from an integrative approach that is grounded in a humanistic person-centered framework. This means that I partner my training with your strengths and unique life experiences, tailoring my approach to your distinctive needs using therapeutic techniques from attachment, systems based, EMDR, CBT, DBT, somatic and mindfulness approaches. I invite you to reach out to set up a free 20-minute consultation to see if my approach sounds like a good fit for you. My hope is that through our work together, you will feel seen and heard and develop new skills and insights.
Practice hours (EST)
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Abuse
- Academic Concerns
- Aging
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Issues
- Anxiety
- Avoidant Personality
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality
- Burnout
- Career
- Childhood Abuse
- Chronic Illness/Pain
- Conflict Resolution
- Dependent Personality
- Depression
- Disability
- Divorce
- Drug Use
- Family Caregiving Stress
- Financial Concerns
- Gender Identity
- Grief and Loss
- Infidelity
- Life Transitions
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Panic
- Peer Difficulties
- Perfectionism
- Performance Anxiety
- Personal Growth
- Physical Assault
- Physical Stress
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Relationship Violence/Stalking/Harassment
- Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
- Relationship(s) with Parents/Children/Family
- Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
- School Concerns
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Concerns
- Sexual Identity
- Sleep Concerns
- Social Anxiety
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
- Seniors (65 or older)
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Individual Therapy
Treatments
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Attachment-Based Therapies
- Behavior Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Training
- Eclectic Approaches
- Humanistic Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Anger Management
- Brief Psychotherapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Location
Accommodations
Getting around
- Elevators
Remote options
- Video
Payment options
Insurance
In-network coverage provided for the following insurance companies
- Aetna – Virginia
- Anthem – Virginia
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Virginia
- Cigna – Virginia
- United Health Care – Virginia
- Sliding scale
- In-network insurance
- I offer a free consultation
Payment methods
- Cash
- Credit Card
- Debit Card
- Online
- Other
Credentials
Licenses
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Virginia Board of Social Work
0904013494, Virginia
Certificates
EMDR Basic Training
EMDRIA Approved