About Sandra
Dr. Sandra Smith focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes. She also helps people facing parenting challenges, grief, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, anger, self-esteem struggles, career questions, and ADHD.
Dr. Smith speaks English and Spanish and brings a calm, steady presence to her work. She trained as a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - and has practiced for 24 years.
How Sandra works
Her background includes counseling, coaching, and teaching at the college level. She has worked in hospitals, crisis teams, maternity and NICU settings, and in correctional facilities as a primary clinician for people with moderate to severe mental health needs. Her approach blends practical skills with attention to values and personal strengths.
Sessions often focus on learning new coping tools, changing unhelpful patterns, and building clearer communication. She uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, client-centered work, and EMDR when appropriate. Dr.
Smith describes her style as warm, interactive, and nonjudgmental. She listens for each person's priorities and lets those goals guide the work. Many people find her straightforward, compassionate manner helpful when sorting complex life and relationship problems.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect people with the service and schedule sessions. The counselor aims to collaborate on a plan that fits each person's daily life and goals.
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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hearing impaired
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How her approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, meaningful steps toward those values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, life transitions, and when decisions feel stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practicing concrete skills to change them, which often helps with depression, anxiety, sleeping, and eating concerns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that can reduce the intensity of painful memories and related symptoms when trauma is a central issue.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they try strategies, review progress, and adjust the plan as needed so the care matches daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people share in writing when that feels easier or to fit sessions into a busy schedule. These options aim to make it easier to build therapy into day-to-day life.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with SandraWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What concerns does this therapist address?
What is her general approach in sessions?
How much experience does she have?
What credentials and location are listed?
Which languages are available for sessions?
What session formats are offered online?
How does cost work for sessions?
How do I get started with therapy?
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.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions