About Sarah
Sarah Sabbides is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She approaches conversations with calm and directness so people can talk about what feels hardest. Sarah aims to make the first steps of getting help clear and manageable.
She draws on nine years of clinical experience working with individuals and in family therapy settings. That history includes supporting people dealing with addictions, relationship trouble, and trauma from abuse.
Background and approach
She also addresses issues like panic attacks, social anxiety, body image concerns, and challenges tied to pregnancy and childbirth. In sessions she focuses on practical, active ways to change patterns that cause distress. She uses techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and helps people set realistic goals for change.
Conversations include mapping what’s getting in the way and trying simple steps to move forward. Sarah also works with people navigating separation, codependency, dependent personality traits, and recovery from domestic violence or substance use. She pays attention to how past events shape current reactions and helps people tell the story of their experience in a way that supports healing.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She encourages small experiments between sessions and checks in about what works. Sessions are conducted in English and arranged to fit each person’s schedule.
Online approaches for anxiety and change
Sarah uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT focuses on changing patterns of thinking and acting that keep anxiety and panic attacks going, which can lead to clearer daily routines and fewer intense reactions.She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support people who are unsure about change. This approach centers on exploring ambivalence and building motivation, often used when facing addictions or wanting to shift habits that cause stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try techniques that fit their situation, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to try different strategies and pick what feels useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people see and hear their therapist for deeper conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or moments when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep regular contact and practice skills between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Body image
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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