About Sally
Sally Herschman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Illinois who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship or family concerns. She also supports people dealing with parenting challenges, grief, compassion fatigue, and career or life transitions. Sally uses practical strategies to help clients manage emotions and daily routines so they can move toward clearer goals.
Her style is warm and interactive and she aims to build a respectful, nonjudgmental space.
How Sally works
Sally emphasizes collaboration and curiosity, listening first to understand each person’s situation before suggesting steps forward. She focuses on strengths and encourages realistic, achievable changes. Sally draws on client-centered work to keep conversations grounded in a person’s goals and experiences.
She blends cognitive behavioral ideas to spot patterns that get in the way, mindfulness practices to slow down reactivity, and narrative techniques to reframe difficult stories. She also uses motivational interviewing to support readiness for change. Over a 12-year career she has worked with a broad range of concerns and with people at different life stages.
Her background includes helping clients develop organization methods and daily routines that support real-world results. She describes her approach as sex positive and strengths based. Sally aims to co-navigate sessions so clients feel supported while trying new strategies.
She invites people to bring what matters most and to pace the work according to their needs.
Sally lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Sally works with
The areas below are the ones Sally selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on your goals and your experience. The therapist listens deeply and follows what matters to you, helping you identify next steps that feel right. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness therapy adds simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm, which can help with anger, compassion fatigue, and overwhelming emotions.Finding the best approach is part of the work. Sally will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, needs, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time and checks in to see what helps and what needs adjusting so the plan stays useful and personalized.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls work well for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or fit shorter touchpoints into busy days. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.
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