About Sarah
Sarah Gbadebo is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She brings 12 years of professional experience to sessions and focuses on practical help for stress and anxiety. She aims to make the first step easier for people who are nervous about starting therapy.
Sarah helps people handle family conflict, manage anger, and build motivation. She also supports work on self-esteem and confidence when those get in the way of everyday life.
Background and approach
Her approach is straightforward and goal-oriented, with attention to what feels doable for each person. Sessions are a space to talk without judgment. Sarah encourages open sharing of thoughts and feelings and works with clients to set clear, manageable goals.
She favors simple tools and steps that people can use between sessions to notice progress. Her practice also addresses caregiver stress, communication problems, and feelings of guilt or shame. Sarah offers support around isolation and loneliness, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and issues specific to women.
These topics are woven into practical plans that fit a person’s life and schedule. People who choose Sarah often want a collaborator who listens and helps them act on small changes. She helps clients break problems into parts and try doable strategies.
That way the work feels less overwhelming and more like steady progress.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Sarah uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test them against real situations so anxiety and stress feel less overwhelming. Another method emphasizes behavior-based steps - small experiments and routines that build confidence and reduce avoidance.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked in the past. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is seen.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make participation easier. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send brief updates or get support between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities while keeping the focus on steady, manageable steps.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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