About Sandra
Sandra "Chalice" Ledet uses attachment-based and client-centered approaches to guide people through hard moments. She is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience in Oregon. Sandra focuses on creating an open space where adults can say what they really feel and think.
Her work often centers on relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and grief. She also helps with anxiety around life changes, compassion fatigue, and addictive patterns.
How Sandra works
Clients bring concerns about self-esteem, anger, sleep, parenting stress, and intimacy-related issues. Sandra blends practical skills and listening. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors.
Dialectical behavior ideas help people manage strong emotions and reduce crisis cycles. She also pays attention to deeper themes like attachment patterns, meaning, and values. Existential therapy is used to talk through life purpose, choice, and responsibility when people feel stuck.
This mix helps with chronic medical challenges, caregiver strain, and complex family situations. Sandra works with adults on issues such as bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, and career concerns. Her sessions aim to be straightforward and supportive, helping people set small goals and practice new ways of coping.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to availability. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, and subscriptions can be canceled at any time.
Sandra lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oregon |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how past relationships shape current bonds and trust. In one or two sessions it can help people spot patterns in closeness, distance, and fear of abandonment so they can try different ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and uses active listening and empathy to help them find their own solutions and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors together and offers clear exercises to reduce distress and change unhelpful routines.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Sandra works collaboratively to identify which methods match a person's goals, needs, and preferences. She will suggest options, try techniques in session, and adjust the plan based on what is useful for the individual.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can work well during a break at work. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, homework, or when writing helps people process thoughts. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity between sessions.
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