About Sarah
Sarah Murray is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with 20 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, family conflict, parenting challenges, and depression. She approaches the work with respect for each person's story and strengths.
She aims to make the first steps feel manageable and supportive. Sarah centers sessions on what matters most to the client. She listens for patterns that increase worry and stress, then helps people try practical ways to change those patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions often include simple problem-solving, practice tasks between meetings, and chance to talk through tough moments. Her background includes two decades of hands-on clinical work in community and outpatient settings. That experience gives her many real-world tools for everyday struggles.
She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to shape sessions that fit each person. Sarah sees therapy as a collaboration. She helps clients set small, realistic goals and checks progress along the way.
Parents might work on coping strategies for stress and clearer communication around routines. She offers video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexibility. People looking to begin a match can complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.
Evidence-based approaches delivered online
Sarah uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new thoughts in daily life to reduce anxiety and low mood. This method helps people notice patterns that fuel worry and practice different ways of responding.Another common thread is behavioral strategies that build small routines and coping skills. These techniques focus on step-by-step actions such as gradual exposure to feared situations or scheduling pleasant activities to lift mood. They are useful for stress, anxiety, and depression because they create manageable practice outside sessions.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit their situation, and adjust plans based on what helps. This collaborative process helps identify which techniques feel most useful for the person's life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is suited to fuller conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, quick problem-solving, or flexibility during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Depression
- Parenting issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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