- CBT methods
- Client-centered work
- Solution-focused steps
About Sarah
Sarah Stevens is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Texas with eight years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. She also focuses on communication problems, mood concerns, and feelings of guilt and shame.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations center on what feels most pressing and what small steps could make day-to-day life more manageable. She listens to how clients describe their experiences and responds with approaches drawn from client-centered, cognitive behavioral, and solution-focused work.
Clients can expect to talk through recent events, patterns that keep causing pain, and ways to test different ways of coping. In-session, Sarah helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and practical experiments to try between meetings. She also works on communication skills for tense or important conversations.
Sarah says she aims to adjust the pace to each person's needs. That can mean a longer session to sort through grief or shorter check-ins to track progress on a concrete goal. She balances tracking symptoms with trying small, doable changes that can be practiced outside sessions.
Her Texas licensure and eight years of work shape how she frames care. People looking for help with guilt or shame often find a practical, step-oriented approach useful alongside steady listening and problem solving.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what a person says. It helps people clarify their own priorities and feel understood before deciding on next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses simple experiments to test new ways of thinking and behaving. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, practical goals and the next steps that move someone toward those goals.Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist treats this as a collaborative process. Together they will try different techniques and adjust based on what fits the person's goals, needs, and comfort level.
Confirm the session formats offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, for example by shortening check-ins when time is limited or avoiding travel so a session fits a lunch break. They also allow more regular, focused work on specific goals and homework tasks between sessions. Many people find that keeping sessions predictable and practical helps them apply changes in everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, communication problems, mood disorders, and guilt and shame.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques to notice thought patterns and with solution-focused steps to test different coping strategies.
What is her background and experience?
She has eight years of professional experience and practices as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Texas.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients schedule with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.