About Sandra
Sandra Myers is a licensed clinical social worker in Louisiana who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She uses practical, down-to-earth strategies to help with depression, grief, low self-esteem, and life changes. Sandra writes and talks in a straightforward way so people can breathe easier and feel more in control.
Her style centers on listening first and then building tools together. She uses client-centered techniques to follow the client’s lead and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices are added when clients need emotion regulation and grounding. Sandra has eight years of experience working with adults facing a wide range of concerns. Those include workplace strain, caregiving stress, eating and sleeping problems, trauma and abuse, anger, and issues tied to identity and intimacy.
She also supports people dealing with chronic health challenges and the fallout of major life events. Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-focused. Clients can expect practical skills, short-term tools for coping, and conversations about longer-term change when wanted.
Motivational interviewing is used to help clarify values and strengthen commitment to personal goals. She offers multiple online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Sandra encourages people to take the first step and move at a pace that feels manageable.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Client-centered therapy focuses on following the person's lead and building a trusting working relationship. Online sessions using this approach start with the therapist listening closely and then shaping sessions around what matters most to the client.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses simple, structured steps to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It works well for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes because homework and short exercises can be assigned between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills teach practical techniques for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These tools can be practiced in real time and reinforced across phone or text check-ins when needed.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort with different formats. Adjustments happen as progress is made so the plan stays useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility - choose video calls for face-to-face work, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for brief check-ins, or text messaging for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to use skills in real-life moments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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