Sarah Ansari, LCSW

Sarah Ansari is a licensed clinical social worker with seven years of experience helping people through hard seasons. She focuses on practical skills and clear steps people can try between sessions. Her work aims to help people notice strengths they may have missed and use those strengths to move forward.

Sarah draws from several approaches rather than using a single method. She uses cognitive behavioral strategies to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and actions. She brings in mindfulness practices to help people stay present and calm in stressful moments.

She also incorporates elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills for intense emotions. Emotionally-focused ideas guide work on relationships and how feelings connect to behavior. Sarah explains the science behind tools so people understand why they help.

Sessions are collaborative. She asks for feedback and adjusts plans based on what helps most. Conversations can include looking at daily routines, thought patterns, and skills for handling mood shifts, anxiety, grief, or life transitions.

People meet her for a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, bipolar, addictions, eating struggles, grief, parenting demands, anger, and relationship or family strain. The focus is on practical steps, skill practice, and finding approaches that fit each person.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Sarah uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors, which fits well with online sessions where homework and thought records can be shared between meetings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and committed action while teaching practical ways to make space for difficult feelings, useful for pacing work during remote check-ins. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and interpersonal effectiveness, which can be practiced in brief exercises during a video or text session.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. She works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions include feedback and adjustments so the plan evolves as progress is made.

Online visits use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is good for longer work and role play, phone can fit a break at work, chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports short reflections or exercises. These options let people keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and changing life demands.