About Sabrina
Sabrina Jelks is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) based in South Carolina who helps people facing stress, anxiety, and life changes. She writes short, direct goals with clients and focuses on practical steps that fit daily life. She draws on a client-centered way of working, which means sessions follow the person’s concerns and pace.
Sabrina also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices are offered when slowing down and grounding help reduce reactivity. Across more than 12 years in practice, she has supported people through depression, grief, trauma, relationship difficulties, and concerns around work and self-esteem. Her background includes work with adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and addiction-related struggles.
Sessions focus on clear goals, small experiments, and skills people can use between meetings. Sabrina emphasizes collaboration - she helps people set priorities, pick strategies, and track progress. The aim is steady, manageable change rather than quick fixes.
Her approach is straightforward and compassionate. She encourages honest conversation about what’s working and what isn’t. If someone needs a coach for coping, a partner for problem-solving, or support through loss, she helps them find the next right step.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on following the person's lead and building a strong working relationship. Online sessions use that same principle by letting conversations shape each meeting and setting goals that fit a person's daily routine.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks down problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. In online sessions this looks like identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, trying short behavioral experiments between meetings, and tracking what changes over time to reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Mindfulness practices teach simple attention and grounding exercises. These are easy to practice during a video call or as short audio-guided exercises sent via text, and they can help reduce reactivity and increase calm throughout the day.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods together, and adjust tactics based on the client's goals and preferences rather than imposing a single method.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging - add flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and teaching new skills. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between meetings or send short updates when schedules are tight. These options help fit therapy into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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