LCSW, 20 years of experience
Frequently rebooked
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.
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.
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.
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.
Understanding the connections between your thoughts, feelings and behaviors can be helpful in coping with a variety of situations.
I use DBT based skills in some situations especially where interpersonal relationship challenges are a primary focus.
Polyvagal theory helps clients to understand what is happening and why within their nervous system.
3 ratings with written reviews
August 18, 2025
She was great!
August 14, 2025
Sarah is amazing. She listens and uses the information she's receiving to give great feedback. She is intuitive and uses the DBT skills that are needed to help reinforce using the tools that are available to me to use to get through my thoughts and actions. I am finding a lot of value in having her as my therapist :)
August 4, 2025
I had a great first session with Sarah. I think we will work well together and I am excited to proceed with working on myself with her guidance.