About Sarah
Sarah Duncan is a licensed clinical social worker with nine years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. She focuses on problems like depression, relationship strain, addiction concerns, and the stresses that come with life changes. Sarah aims to make the first step easier and encourages those who reach out for support.
Sarah keeps sessions straightforward and conversation-based. She invites clients to talk about what matters most and listens without judgment.
Background and approach
Together they work to notice patterns, try small behavior changes, and build clearer priorities for daily life. Her approach draws on practical, evidence-informed methods. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and replace it with workable alternatives.
She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take meaningful action even when feelings are hard. Mindfulness and narrative techniques are woven into sessions when they fit a person’s needs. Mindfulness supports staying grounded in the moment.
Narrative methods help people reframe their life stories and find different meanings in painful events. Sarah also offers financial therapy for clients who want to address money stress alongside emotional concerns. She works with people coping with caregiving strain, grief over family changes, mood disorders, and trauma histories.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, chat, or text-based messaging.
How her approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people name what matters and take action toward values even when thoughts and feelings are uncomfortable. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve mood. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and mood-related problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sarah will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts plans as progress is made. That collaboration helps make sessions feel relevant and manageable.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and keep a personal connection. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging can support brief check-ins, homework review, or steady support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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