About Sabrina
Sabrina Gonzalez helps people cope with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and issues related to LGBT identity. She also supports those facing career strain, compassion fatigue, anger, ADHD, and major life changes. Sabrina introduces herself with straightforward care and respect.
Sabrina is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with twenty years of experience. She adapts conversation and treatment to each person.
How Sabrina works
Sessions focus on practical steps a person can use between meetings as well as on understanding patterns that keep problems stuck. Her approach blends several methods so work can match individual needs. She draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to address thinking and behavior.
She uses attachment-informed ideas to look at relationship patterns. Mindful and acceptance-based techniques are offered to build willingness and calm in stressful moments. Sabrina aims for clear, compassionate sessions rather than jargon-filled talks.
She listens for values, strengths, and what matters most to the client. From there she and the client choose goals and actions that feel doable in everyday life. Sabrina practices in New Mexico and offers services in English.
She welcomes people from other countries for online work. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions that fit their availability.
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What Sabrina works with
The areas below are the ones Sabrina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LICSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Mexico |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, so they can take actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through practical exercises and short homework tasks. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) targets emotional experiences in relationships and can help people understand and change recurring interaction patterns that cause pain.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Sabrina will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then recommend approaches to try. That choice is collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls are useful when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions can fit a shorter break in a busy day or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins and ongoing reflection between longer sessions.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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