About Isabel
Isabel Sanchez Cummings is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports those facing life changes, parenting challenges, relationship or family tensions, trauma and abuse, and identity-related issues for LGBT clients. She speaks English and Spanish and practices in Ohio.
Isabel uses practical, down-to-earth methods in sessions. She focuses on helping people build coping skills, make decisions, and find internal and external resources.
How Isabel works
Sessions balance support with gentle challenge so clients can try new ways of handling problems. Her work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, existential ideas, and mindfulness. She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns and experiment with different actions to reach their goals.
Isabel frames progress as steady and practical rather than sudden change. With 11 years of experience, she brings a commitment to social justice and respect for cultural differences. She emphasizes autonomy, competence, effectiveness, integrity, and respect for diversity in her practice.
Those values shape how she talks about goals and plans with each person. Isabel often supports people dealing with caregiver stress, codependency, attachment or abandonment issues, body image concerns, and the fallout from divorce or domestic violence. Her approach aims to restore everyday functioning and a sense of personal agency.
Isabel lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Isabel works with
The areas below are the ones Isabel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Approaches and online access that fit your life
Isabel uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on what matters most in life. That work is useful for anxiety, low mood, and making values-based changes. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy is part of her approach too, offering a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client's needs guide the work.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Isabel will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust as needed based on how the work progresses.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversation time. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit brief check-ins into a busy day or to reflect in writing between sessions. These options help people keep continuity of care while matching the format to their routine and needs.
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