About Sally
Sally Herschman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Illinois who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and related struggles. She brings 12 years of experience to sessions and focuses on practical steps that fit into daily life. Her work also addresses mood concerns like depression and bipolar symptoms, relationship strain, parenting stress, and career-related pressure.
Sally takes a warm, interactive approach. She listens without judgment and asks questions with genuine curiosity.
Background and approach
Conversations often move between understanding patterns from the past and learning new coping skills for today. Her sessions mix clear, doable techniques and reflective conversation. Cognitive techniques help change unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Mindfulness practices teach ways to notice feelings and pause before reacting. Sally also uses client-centered and narrative ideas to help people tell their story differently. That can make difficult memories or recurring relationship patterns feel more manageable.
She aims to help clients build practical routines and organizational strategies when those support better outcomes. People meet her and find a calm, engaged partner for problem solving. She frames work as a collaboration, matching methods to each person's goals.
Sally emphasizes steady progress and realistic next steps, so people can try new ways of coping and see what helps. She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Conversations are focused on what the client wants to change, with concrete tools and space to process emotions along the way.
Approaches that translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what is said, and builds on individual strengths to support change. This approach helps when someone needs a respectful space to sort out feelings and goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches clear skills to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. Online sessions can include short exercises, homework, and real-time practice of techniques for anxiety, stress, and mood problems. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and breathing strategies to reduce reactivity and improve focus during difficult moments.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they decide which approaches to try and adjust them based on progress and comfort level, keeping the process collaborative.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief, ongoing contact for coaching, check-ins, and quick skills practice between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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