Sarah Harris
I am a clinical social worker with more than 20 years of experience and practicing out of Georgia while being licensed in Georgia and South Carolina. My goal is to support individuals in learning healthy coping skills that they can utilize in their current situations as well as in the future.
I practice from a perspective that learning more about yourself and how your nervous system responds, brings about empowerment in coping with life events.
I practice from a perspective that learning more about yourself and how your nervous system responds, brings about empowerment in coping with life events.
First session
The first session with me is truly a time to begin the process of getting to know each other. I believe the therapist and client relationship is like any other relationship and takes time to foster. I spend time in the first session getting to know my client across a variety of areas of their life and working to better understand their goals for treatment.
Strengths
I believe that my strengths as a provider are that I focus on coping skills that are applicable to the individual's lifestyle and resources. In addition, I believe in helping my clients to learn how their nervous system works in terms that are easy to understand so that they do not feel hijacked by their own systems.
Ideal clients
I enjoy working with clients who are working to navigate life's stressors and are struggling in some areas. From early adulting, dating, coming into their own identity to new parents and empty nesters the life transitions each bring new joys and challenges and I enjoy supporting my clients in navigating these paths. Anxiety is an emotional response to an unknown. I support my clients in how understanding this concept and recognizing the symptoms in their body can lead to a sense of empowerment. Often clients come to me feeling hijacked by their emotions. I provide support and understanding through interventions based on research in CBT, DBT and Polyvagal Theory to improve anxiety symptoms.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Understanding the connections between your thoughts, feelings and behaviors can be helpful in coping with a variety of situations.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I use DBT based skills in some situations especially where interpersonal relationship challenges are a primary focus.
Polyvagal Therapy
Polyvagal theory helps clients to understand what is happening and why within their nervous system.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
White
Woman
Top specialties
Anxiety
Coping Skills
Life Transitions
Other specialties
First Responders/Healthcare Workers
Parenting
Women's Issues
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Licensed in
GeorgiaLicense CSW005847
South CarolinaLicense 9375