Sandra Galvan, LCSW

Sandra Galvan is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and depression. She meets parents and individuals who feel stuck or overwhelmed and offers calm, practical support. Sandra speaks English and Spanish and practices in California. She focuses on everyday struggles like parenting strain, low self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes. Sessions often center on clear goals and realistic steps that fit a person’s life. She listens without judgment and adapts her approach to each person’s needs. Sandra uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and build new habits. She also practices client-centered therapy, which emphasizes a respectful, accepting conversation focused on the person in front of her. Together these approaches support coping skills and clearer decision making. In sessions she addresses family conflict, communication problems, loneliness, and finding life purpose. She also helps people who are dealing with compassion fatigue and burnout. The work is practical and focused on small changes that add up over time. Getting started begins with a short matching process and scheduling a first meeting. Sandra aims to empower people to take steps toward greater confidence and satisfaction. Her style is steady, down-to-earth, and tailored to each person’s situation.

How Sandra’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy is a conversational approach focused on the person’s experience. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and follows the person’s lead to build trust and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses simple exercises to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is often useful for anxiety, stress, and low mood because it breaks problems into clear steps.

Choosing the best approach is a team effort. Sandra discusses goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful during early sessions and adjusts methods as the work progresses. She collaborates with each person to find a practical plan that fits their life and goals.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule. Video lets people read expressions and engage in fuller conversation, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging can be used for ongoing, written reflection between meetings. These options make it possible to keep continuity and follow through on tools learned in sessions while accommodating different routines and needs.