About Sandra
Sandra West is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience in California. She helps people facing stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and challenges with self-esteem and motivation. Sandra approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
She encourages the first step and acknowledges how hard that can feel. Over her career Sandra has worked with adults dealing with big life shifts and painful experiences.
How Sandra works
She draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to help people identify small, practical changes that move them toward clearer goals. Sessions are framed around what clients want to change and what has worked before. Sandra adapts conversations and plans to fit each person’s situation.
She listens for strengths and builds on those resources to restore confidence and purpose. Work can include short-term problem solving or longer conversations about meaning and identity. Her additional interests include adoption and foster care issues, cancer-related concerns, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and women’s issues.
Sandra also supports people coping with post-traumatic stress and those exploring life purpose and self-love. She offers a warm, straightforward style that aims to make therapy understandable and useful. Prospective clients can expect clear goals, regular check-ins on progress, and practical steps between sessions.
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What Sandra works with
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Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Solution-Focused Care Online
Sandra uses Solution-Focused Therapy, a brief, goal-directed approach that focuses on what clients want to achieve. It highlights existing strengths and past successes to build practical steps for change, which can help with anxiety, stress, and getting unstuck after a difficult event.The process is collaborative. Sandra will work with each person to decide whether solution-focused work fits their goals, and she will adjust the approach as needs evolve. Together they set clear, reachable goals and check progress regularly to refine the plan.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a break in the day. Live chat or text messaging supports brief check-ins and ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to choose a format that feels most comfortable.
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