About Sarah
Sarah Bishop helps people manage anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and life transitions. She also supports concerns around relationships, grief, sleep, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and career stress. Sarah is an LCSW practicing in New York with seven years of clinical experience.
Sarah aims for straightforward, respectful conversations. She listens first and asks questions to understand what matters most. Together with each person she sets priorities and practical steps to try between sessions.
How Sarah works
Her approach blends practical skills and reflective work. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify thinking patterns that keep problems going. Mindfulness strategies are added to help people notice feelings without getting overwhelmed.
Dialectical behavior therapy skills are offered for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Solution-focused methods help people build concrete plans and small changes that can make daily life easier. Sarah adapts her methods to each person’s needs rather than following a fixed script.
She has worked across settings in New York and has particular experience with addiction, trauma, and stress-related concerns. Sarah also addresses less talked-about topics such as kink and alternative sex culture with sensitivity and without judgment. Sessions are intended to be collaborative and paced to the individual.
Sarah emphasizes skills you can use right away and helps track progress over time. She encourages people to try options and refine the plan based on what actually helps.
Sarah lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Sarah works with
The areas below are the ones Sarah selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Using practical approaches online
Sarah blends cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness in online sessions to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and learn new coping skills. CBT focuses on identifying thought patterns and trying small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety or depression. Mindfulness work teaches simple awareness exercises to lower reactivity and improve sleep and stress management.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills for people who need better emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT methods include short, teachable tools for handling strong feelings and improving communication. Choosing the right mix of these approaches is a collaborative process; the therapist and client discuss goals and try options to see what fits best.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful for longer therapeutic work and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or between-session follow-up. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work consistently over time.
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