About Sarah
Sarah Hershey is an Ohio-licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and the effects of trauma. She creates a straightforward and caring space where clients can talk through hard feelings and begin to find new ways forward. Her approach is practical and person-focused.
Sessions aim to identify patterns that get in the way and try small, doable changes that fit each person’s life.
Background and approach
She uses mindful awareness and evidence-informed techniques to help people respond differently to difficult thoughts and urges, including those linked to ADHD challenges. Sarah pays attention to relationship and attachment themes. She helps people sort through communication problems, codependency, abandonment feelings, and conflict that shows up in family life or partnerships.
She also supports those coping with parenting strains, divorce or separation, and caregiving fatigue. She brings tools from cognitive behavioral methods and emotionally focused work to address mood disorders, impulsivity, and self-esteem concerns. Motivational interviewing and acceptance-based strategies are used when motivation or painful emotions block progress.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Getting started involves a short matching form and scheduling a first appointment that fits the client's timing.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values. This can be useful for anxiety, mood struggles, and living with ADHD-related distractions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to change mood and functioning; it is practical for depression, worry, and impulse-related problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on recognizing and reshaping emotional responses in relationships, which can improve communication and reduce repeated conflict.Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try methods and adjust based on what helps in real life, keeping the process collaborative and flexible.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for people who prefer writing, need quick check-ins, or want more frequent brief support. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy going between life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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