About Sandra
Sandra West is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas. She focuses on practical steps that help people manage stress, anxiety, loss, and relationship struggles. Sandra speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel manageable for someone taking a first step.
Sandra draws on eight years of counseling experience to help people sort priorities and try small changes that add up. She listens for what matters most and helps clients set clear, achievable goals.
How Sandra works
Work may include shaping coping skills for anxiety and depression, addressing addiction concerns, or managing grief and life transitions. Her approach blends several evidence-informed methods to match each person's needs. Sessions often focus on noticing unhelpful patterns, practicing new behaviors, and strengthening emotional awareness.
Sandra guides clients through issues like self-esteem, intimacy struggles, body image, caregiver stress, and communication problems. She also supports people facing attachment wounds, abandonment, or the fallout from divorce and separation. For those dealing with co-occurring concerns such as bipolar disorder or substance use, Sandra helps prioritize safety and daily functioning while working toward longer-term goals.
Sandra offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences. Sessions are organized through a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule per the therapist's availability.
Sandra lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work and what they do
Sandra uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values. ACT can be helpful for stress, anxiety, and decisions about life changes.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thought patterns and practice practical behavior changes. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and managing mood swings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sandra will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs, adjusting as progress is made. The plan is collaborative and may mix elements from different approaches to fit what helps you most.
Online sessions give flexibility for differing schedules and needs. Video calls let you work face to face; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when you prefer not to use video. Live chat or text-based messaging can support short check-ins, skill practice between sessions, or a way to keep momentum when a full session isn't possible. Licensed professionals can use these formats to keep therapy accessible while focusing on practical steps.
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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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