About Sandra
Sandra Bono is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 45 years of experience. She offers a calm, down-to-earth approach that helps people talk through worry and overwhelming feelings. Sandra focuses on practical, steady support rather than quick fixes.
She works with adults dealing with stress and anxiety, low mood, and grief. Sandra also helps people handling anger, self-esteem struggles, and motivation problems. Her background includes work with LGBT concerns, ADHD, first responder issues, and multicultural matters.
Background and approach
Sandra uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which means she listens closely and follows each person's pace. Sessions aim to be collaborative and straightforward.
In sessions she focuses on small, manageable steps. Conversations often include normalizing difficult feelings and trying concrete strategies to reduce distress. Sandra emphasizes practical change over jargon.
Her style is relaxed and patient. She and the client set goals together and adjust the plan as progress is made. Sandra encourages people to reach out when life feels hard so they can start moving forward.
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on identifying what matters to the person and taking steps toward those values while accepting uncomfortable emotions. This approach is often used for anxiety, stress, and persistent worry. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows the person's lead and offers reflection and empathy rather than directing the session. This style suits people who want a steady, nonjudgmental space to work through emotional challenges. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sandra will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they set reasonable steps and adjust the plan as progress is made. Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people maintain face-to-face contact, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging allow quick check-ins or brief reflections between appointments. These options offer flexibility for different schedules, quieter surroundings, or shorter check-ins during a break at work.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 45 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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