About Sarah
Sarah Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. She works in Connecticut and speaks English and Haitian Creole. Sarah believes people already carry strengths that help them move forward and sees the first step toward therapy as an act of courage.
She centers the relationship between therapist and client. Building trust and rapport comes first, and treatment grows from that connection.
Background and approach
Sarah blends warm, direct conversation with practical tools so clients can notice small changes quickly. Her sessions often include cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also uses attachment-informed ideas to understand relationship patterns and how early family history shapes reactions.
Solution-focused methods help set clear, achievable goals for the near term. Sarah often uses role play, grief work, and stress and crisis management strategies in session. She supports clients wrestling with self-esteem, motivation, career strain, compassion fatigue, and addiction-related concerns.
ADHD is listed among her areas of focus and she helps people manage attention and organization challenges in day-to-day life. She invites clients who want to bring faith, religion, or spirituality into sessions to do so. Sessions are conversational and practical, with room for humor and exploration of family history when that helps move things forward.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence how people connect now. Online sessions use conversation and guided reflection to notice patterns and practice different ways of relating. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or lift mood. In an online visit this can mean setting clear between-session tasks and reviewing progress together. Solution-focused work zooms in on what the client wants to achieve next and builds simple, practical steps to reach those goals.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, values, and daily life. That might mean starting with solution-focused steps, adding CBT skills, and using attachment ideas when relationship patterns become important.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and role play. Phone sessions work well for check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging can be a quick way to keep momentum between sessions or get brief support during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or caregiving schedules while keeping the focus on practical change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut, Florida
- Languages
- English, Haitian Creole
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