About Sandra
Prof. Sandra Brackenridge brings over three decades of clinical social work and teaching experience to her therapy practice. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Texas and has spent many years supervising social workers toward clinical licensure.
Sandra continued to see clients while she taught, so her work stays connected to real-life problems and solutions. Her background includes long-term involvement in grief and bereavement studies and practical work with people in health care settings.
Background and approach
She has written and presented on mental health issues affecting professionals such as veterinarians and first responders. Sandra has also researched and published on the mental health effects of natural disasters and large-scale events, including recent hurricanes and the pandemic. Sandra focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship concerns.
She also helps people dealing with caregiver strain, compassion fatigue, grief, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Her approach is informed by many clinical models she used in supervision and practice, always adjusted to the person's situation. In sessions she aims to be empathic, steady, and practical.
She draws on attachment-based and narrative ideas to understand personal stories and on client-centered and existential approaches to help people find meaning and choices. The Gottman Method is part of her toolkit for relationship work. Prospective clients can expect a thoughtful, experienced clinician who listens and helps clarify next steps.
Sandra offers a calm, direct presence for people navigating loss, burnout, or major life transitions.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and feelings. It helps people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and learn safer ways to connect. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and helping people find their own answers; it is useful when someone needs nonjudgmental time to sort out feelings and choices. Narrative therapy helps people separate themselves from problems by reworking the story they tell about their life and can be helpful for depression, trauma, or identity shifts.Sandra approaches finding the right method as a collaborative process. She listens to each person's goals and preferences, and then suggests techniques that fit the issue at hand. Over time she adjusts the plan based on what is working and what the person wants to change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone can work when internet quality is limited, and chat or text messaging fits shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, manage caregiving or work schedules, and keep continuity when travel or relocation occurs.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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