About Sarah
Sarah Claridge is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with 14 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She practices from a compassionate, person-centered stance and aims to make sessions feel approachable and practical. She focuses on everyday struggles like panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, addiction concerns, and low self-esteem.
She also helps with relationship and communication problems, grief, career stress, and challenges linked to trauma and mood disorders.
Background and approach
Sarah blends straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral approaches with person-centered listening. She uses solution-focused strategies to set small, realistic goals and mindfulness techniques to help reduce reactivity and increase calm. Motivational interviewing supports clients who are working to change behaviors related to substance use or other process addictions.
Her work aims to help people build skills that fit into busy lives. Sessions often include practical exercises, short skill practices, and guided conversation about patterns that keep problems going. The focus is on steps that can be tried between sessions.
Sarah welcomes diverse identities and emphasizes respect and acceptance in the room. She collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals so progress feels relevant and doable. Her practice is based in Ohio and she offers services through several online formats to reach people where they are.
The first step is a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on availability.
Tailoring therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist offers an accepting, non-judgmental stance and follows what the client brings to sessions, which helps with issues like low self-esteem, relationship concerns, and navigating life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses simple exercises and practical homework to reduce anxiety, manage panic attacks, and address compulsive behaviors or mood problems.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches brief attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and help with stress and intrusive thoughts. These techniques are often paired with other methods to give short tools you can use during the day.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods based on goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. This is an ongoing conversation rather than a one-time decision.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and practicing skills together. Phone calls can fit during a work break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be helpful for brief check-ins, quick coping strategies, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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