Sarah Anderson

When I started my master's program in counseling, I had no intention of ending up in private practice. I was going into crisis work — the front lines, the emergency rooms, the psychiatric units where nobody goes unless they have to. That was where I felt called.

16 years later, I built something different: a private practice rooted in the same urgency and directness that defined my crisis work, but focused on the people who are high-functioning on the outside and quietly overwhelmed on the inside.

The Athlete

Nearly 30 years of competitive basketball, including Division I collegiate athletics. I still compete and coach a high-level circuit team in the Fort Worth area today. I lived the full arc of athletic identity: the drive, the discipline, and the way sports become the answer to every question about who you are — and what happens when that identity gets shaken.

The Law Enforcement & Military Background

Five years in law enforcement. Years supporting military families at the highest levels of service. I understand the culture: the stoicism, the skepticism about therapy, the way the job gets into your bones and doesn't clock out when you do.

The Clinician

16 years licensed. 10+ years in crisis. Nothing surprises me — and nothing will. Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas and Montana, with a background that includes psychiatric inpatient settings, substance abuse treatment, Employee Assistance Programs, and extensive crisis work. Primary modality: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy — goal-oriented, evidence-based, built around where you actually want to go.

The Person

I am a single mother of three. I recently adopted two German Shepherds. I have done, and continues to do, the kind of work I ask of my clients.

My clinical approach is grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), but my real philosophy is bigger than modality. It is a worldview about identity, agency and forward motion.

I reframe the classic "circle of control" concept into what I call a "circle of power." Control implies you can make things happen. Power is what you have even when you can't. It's resilience, refusal to quit, the decision to keep going. When clients feel powerless — over politics, relationships, jobs, money — I help them locate what is actually within their power and build from there.

Rather than prescribing diet and exercise, I use a customizable "input/output" framework. Inputs are what we take in: food, rest, relationships, media. Outputs are what we produce: energy, presence, performance. The framework adapts to a competitive athlete as easily as a burned-out working mother. It avoids clichés while addressing foundational well-being.

My philosophy is explicitly not about categorizing clients by their trauma or family of origin. While the past provides context, it doesn't define the client's identity. Therapy with me is about who you're becoming, not who you've been.

I use the language of "powering up" and "charging your battery" to make wellness concrete and accessible. If you're running on low battery, you can't put forth your best. This language works especially well with athletes, first responders, and high-performers who respond to performance-based framing rather than clinical terminology.

My sessions are honest conversations where I meet you where you are. I create a space where you don't feel like you have to be "filtered." We will discuss where you are in the present moments and what your outlook is to the future. Let me help you get there.