Sarah Veale, LPC

Sarah Veale is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Tennessee with more than two decades of clinical experience. Over a 22-year career that has spanned work in three states, she has provided care across a wide range of settings including inpatient units, state residential wards, juvenile detention facilities, outpatient private practice, and within a managed care company. Her background includes work with children, adolescents, and adults presenting with mood and anxiety disorders, dual diagnosis substance use concerns, developmental delays, family conflict, self-esteem difficulties, self-injury, histories of abuse and neglect, and personality disorder presentations.

Sarah’s approach centers on partnering with each person to strengthen emotional health. She combines client-centered engagement with evidence-informed methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused techniques to teach and reinforce practical skills. She emphasizes guided practice - training and confirming that new skills are applied outside of sessions - and believes that time, information, and education help foster understanding and acceptance when change is desired.

In collaboration with those she works with, Sarah focuses on increasing insight, enhancing coping strategies, and supporting meaningful change. Her schedule has been described as fairly open and flexible, and she is able to arrange sessions beyond what appears on a public calendar. She checks messages a couple of times per day from Sunday through Friday and aims to respond within 24 hours when contacted.