About Isabel
Isabel Sanchez Cummings is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with more than 11 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. Isabel offers steady support for relationship and parenting concerns and for those dealing with trauma and abuse.
Her style blends compassion with practical guidance. Sessions focus on building coping skills, improving decision-making, and strengthening self-acceptance. She aims to help people identify patterns that get in the way and try new ways of responding.
Background and approach
Isabel uses methods such as cognitive behavioral work, mindfulness, and acceptance-based strategies. She draws on client-centered and existential ideas to tailor the work to each person. This mix supports concrete skill-building alongside deeper reflection about values and meaning.
She emphasizes autonomy, competence, and respect for diversity. Isabel notes experience with a wide range of cultural and religious backgrounds and with LGBTQIA people. Her practice highlights using internal and external resources to promote positive well-being.
Isabel provides sessions in English and Spanish from Ohio. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. People who choose to start are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
How Isabel blends proven approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking action that matches what matters to a person. It can help when anxiety or avoidance stops someone from living the life they want. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety and depression. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where people can safely explore feelings and make their own decisions.Choosing the right approach is often a process. Isabel will work together with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaboration guides whether sessions use more skill practice, values work, or reflective conversation over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to share thoughts between sessions or fit support into a busy day. These options let people arrange care around work, family, and daily routines while using the therapeutic tools described above.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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