About Sara
Sara Newman is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience. She helps people facing relationship and intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Her style is respectful and straightforward, aimed at practical progress rather than jargon.
Sara shapes sessions around each person's needs. She listens first, then works with you to set clear goals. That may include short coaching tools, communication skills, or plans to rebuild confidence after loss or betrayal.
How Sara works
Her work includes support for people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, blended family stress, caregiving strain, and divorce or separation. She also addresses infidelity, jealousy, money worries, midlife questions, and finding life purpose. Mood concerns are part of her practice too, including postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress, and patterns linked to narcissism.
Treatment blends client-centered methods with practical techniques so people can try different ways of coping between sessions. Sara often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and dialectical strategies to manage strong emotions. She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas for people who want short-term, goal-oriented work.
Clients connect with her by using video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sara accepts people in Wisconsin and welcomes international clients who communicate in English.
Sara lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Sara works with
The areas below are the ones Sara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Practical approaches for online relationship and life work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and empathy. The therapist follows your lead, helps you name what matters, and supports you in finding your own solutions. This approach is useful when people want space to clarify values, emotions, and next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for mood issues, anxiety, and when someone wants concrete tools to practice between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds skills for handling strong emotions and improving communication under stress; it can help with relationship conflict and intense reactions.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with you about goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust plans based on what helps. This collaborative process aims to match the techniques to your priorities rather than forcing a single method.
Online therapy offers practical benefits like scheduling flexibility and easier access from different locations. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions reduce bandwidth needs, and live chat or text-based messaging supports quick check-ins or short coaching between appointments. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while fitting work, caregiving, or travel into a busy life.
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