About Sandra
Prof. Sandra Brackenridge brings more than three decades of social work experience to her clinical practice. She spent 23 years as a professor of social work and still supervises clinicians pursuing clinical licensure.
Sandra holds an LCSW and practices from Texas. Her work combines teaching, supervision, and ongoing client care. This mix keeps her familiar with many approaches and techniques and helps her adapt when a client's needs shift.
She has published and presented widely on grief, bereavement, and mental health in healthcare settings.
How Sandra works
Sandra has particular experience with stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. She also supports people facing compassion fatigue, burnout, addictions, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related concerns. Her practice includes assistance with parenting challenges, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and life changes such as divorce or loss.
She has studied and written about the mental health effects of natural disasters and pandemics and has worked with first responders and hospice contexts. That background informs how she helps people cope after disruption, loss, or major life transitions. Sandra also addresses career worries, questions of life purpose, and isolation or loneliness.
In sessions she aims to respond with empathy and practical guidance. She draws on attachment-based, narrative, existential, client-centered, and Gottman-informed ideas to fit each person's needs. Her style is steady, experienced, and focused on helping people find workable steps forward.
Sandra lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Sandra works with
The areas below are the ones Sandra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 31 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and how early bonds shape current patterns. It helps people understand connection, trust, and emotional responses in close relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens without judgment, helping the person find their own solutions and build self-trust. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about their lives and separates the person from the problem. It can help with identity, meaning, and shifting unhelpful patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. That collaborative process guides which approaches to try and how sessions will be structured. Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read nonverbal cues and have a closer face-to-face feel. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging provide short, focused check-ins or notes between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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