Sarah Bentley , LPCC, LMHP

Sarah Bentley is a licensed mental health professional practicing in New Mexico with 10 years of clinical experience. She holds the LPCC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and the LMHP credential, which denotes Licensed Mental Health Practitioner. In her work with adults, she focuses on uncovering the formative experiences that have shaped current behaviors, beliefs, and emotional patterns, and on addressing the negative self-beliefs and difficult feelings that often persist as a result.

As an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) certified provider, she integrates trauma-informed methods to help clients process distressing memories and reduce their ongoing emotional impact. Her approach pairs attachment-based insights with practical therapeutic skills to support clients who recognize themselves repeating unhelpful behaviors or caught in entrenched patterns of thought and feeling.

Sarah collaborates with each person to explore early relational wounds, re-parent the inner child, and develop more adaptive ways of thinking and relating. She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes.

Her practice emphasizes thoughtful exploration of root causes alongside skill-building so adults can move toward more authentic engagement in life.

Approaches for Online Work with Attachment and Trauma

Sarah blends attachment-based therapy and EMDR with practical cognitive tools to address the issues clients bring into online sessions. Attachment-based therapy explores early relationships and how those patterns influence current connections and emotional responses; it is often helpful for relationship difficulties, abandonment concerns, and attachment issues. EMDR is an evidence-informed method that helps people process distressing memories and reduce the intensity of painful emotions tied to past events, which can support recovery from trauma and abuse. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers focused strategies to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Sarah collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses so clients feel involved and supported in choosing what works best.

Online therapy with Sarah is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for varied schedules and life demands. These formats make it possible to access licensed professionals from home or other convenient locations, supporting consistent attendance and ongoing work on healing and growth.