About Sarah
Sarah Smith is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on building a strong therapeutic relationship first. She centers sessions on the person's strengths and life story. Her approach is warm and straightforward, and she welcomes faith or spirituality if clients want to include it.
She draws on attachment-based and client-centered ideas to create a trusting space. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How Sarah works
Motivational Interviewing and solution-focused techniques help people find practical next steps when motivation or direction feels low. Sarah has 14 years of experience working with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and issues around self-esteem. She also supports people facing trauma and abuse, addiction, compassion fatigue, and the strain that comes with major life changes.
Parenting concerns, relationship difficulties, and career stress are other common topics she addresses. Her work includes attention to family of origin issues, attachment struggles, communication problems, and caregiver stress. She also has experience with aging and geriatric issues, fatherhood concerns, first responder stress, immigration-related difficulties, and health-related challenges such as HIV/AIDS.
Sessions are offered in English and Haitian Creole and Sarah practices in Connecticut. She encourages practical tools like role play, grief work, stress and crisis management, and communication skill building. The overall aim is to help people take manageable steps toward feeling better each day.
Sarah lists 7 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English, Haitian Creole |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Connecticut |
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Online support options
Using attachment and CBT online
Sarah often blends attachment-based work with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people understand patterns and try new ways of relating. Attachment-based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and behaviors and can be helpful for attachment issues, communication problems, and family of origin concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage low mood, and address unhelpful habits.She approaches choosing methods as a collaboration. The therapist will talk with the person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit the situation, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That means trying a few strategies together and keeping what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face-to-face when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflection, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other busy schedules.
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