About Sabrina
Sabrina Word is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma, and major life changes. She practices from California and focuses on helping clients feel heard and find practical ways to cope. Sabrina has nine years of direct clinical experience delivering therapy and related services.
She spent many years before that doing sexual violence and intimate partner violence prevention, advocacy, and health education.
Background and approach
That background shaped her understanding of safety, trust, and the long effects of harm. Those insights inform how she listens and plans next steps with each person. For the past nine years Sabrina has worked with high-acuity clients, providing therapy, case management, and crisis support for current and former foster youth.
She brings experience responding to urgent needs alongside longer-term recovery and adjustment work. This helps when life feels overwhelming or unpredictable. In sessions she aims to create a warm, inviting space and to help people find their voice.
Conversations are straightforward and focused on what someone needs right now. Sabrina works together with each person to set goals and try practical tools between visits. Her approach balances attention to past injuries with hands-on coping skills for today.
She supports people managing attachment and control issues, post-traumatic stress, self-worth, and concerns related to domestic or sexual violence. The overall aim is clearer thinking, steadier emotion, and stronger choices moving forward.
Therapeutic techniques and online care that fit your life
Sabrina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage anxiety, trauma responses, and relationship stress. One common approach focuses on skills for managing strong emotions and anxious thoughts, teaching practical strategies to reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning. Another approach centers on processing trauma and rebuilding safety in relationships, helping people understand how past harm affects current reactions and set new patterns in motion.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sabrina collaborates with each person to identify what feels most useful based on goals, past experiences, and preferences. She adjusts methods over time so sessions match what is actually helping.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use a camera. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins, quick coping suggestions, and a flexible way to stay connected between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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