About Sarah
Sarah Steingiser is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression. She also supports those facing relationship and family strain, parenting challenges, grief, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Her manner is warm and interactive, and she aims to treat people with respect and sensitivity.
Sarah draws on several practical approaches to shape sessions to each person's needs. She uses client-centered methods to keep conversations focused on what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
She also applies cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and build different coping skills. Her background includes work in outpatient settings, child welfare, addiction treatment, nursing homes, and extended day treatment programs. That variety informs a flexible approach to common problems like anger, ADHD-related concerns, and parenting stress.
Sarah avoids stigmatizing labels and focuses on concrete steps people can try between sessions. In sessions she listens carefully, asks straightforward questions, and helps set small, achievable goals. She brings trauma-focused and solution-focused tools when past events or immediate problems need attention.
Mindfulness techniques may be used to help calm the body and focus attention during moments of distress. People who reach out can expect a collaborative process. Sarah works to tailor treatment plans and session pace to each individual’s situation.
She frames therapy as a partnership aimed at practical change and greater emotional balance.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. In an online session this means the therapist mirrors concerns and asks questions that help the client clarify goals and priorities. It is useful for people who want a supportive space to talk and be heard.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions often include simple exercises and homework to practice new skills between meetings. It works well for anxiety, stress, mood concerns, and patterns that keep returning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that feel useful, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process helps match techniques to the person's day-to-day needs.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing written work. These options make it easier to fit care into a busy life while still using evidence-informed methods like CBT and mindfulness.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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