About Sarah
Sarah O'Sullivan is an AASW social worker with six years in direct therapeutic practice. She draws on long personal experience with chronic mental health to shape compassionate, practical support. Her work focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting and depression.
Sarah keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens first, then helps people make sense of what they are facing. She uses everyday language and clear steps rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Parents often find this approach useful when life feels overwhelming. Her background includes roles across government and non-government services. That experience means she understands how hard it can be to navigate systems and paperwork.
As a result she offers advocacy and can prepare complex reports for court or the NDIS when needed. Sarah also offers domestic violence informed mapping using the Safe and Together model to support family court matters. She provides functional capacity assessments using the Allen's model of cognitive function when these are requested as part of care planning.
Therapeutically she blends attachment-based, client-centred, mindfulness, motivational interviewing and narrative approaches. Sessions can include practical relapse-prevention planning and recovery coaching for substance concerns. The emphasis is on small workable changes that fit into everyday life.
Approaches that translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current reactions and patterns. Online sessions using this approach help people notice connection styles and practise new ways of relating that reduce anxiety and reactivity.Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the centre and follows their pace. In remote sessions this often looks like reflective listening, gentle questions and collaboratively chosen goals that feel achievable at home.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and ground thinking. These techniques work well across video, phone or text formats and can be used between sessions to manage sudden worry or cravings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs, goals and preferences and suggest one or a mix of approaches. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so they feel useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility and a range of ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and body language cues, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit brief check-ins or ongoing coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and daily life while keeping the focus on practical steps and recovery.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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