About Saundrea
Saundrea Young is a licensed clinical social worker with over 40 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and big life transitions. She also supports those facing aging, caregiving demands, chronic illness, and body image concerns.
Her approach begins with listening. She offers a calm, respectful space to talk through what feels most urgent. Then she and the client shape a plan that fits the person’s needs and pace.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and practical, with a focus on small, doable changes. Young uses familiar techniques from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of coping. She pays attention to medical or caregiving factors that affect daily life.
This helps when stress comes from health changes or new caregiving responsibilities. She aims to reduce overwhelm by breaking problems into manageable steps. That might mean setting short goals, practicing simple coping skills, or finding ways to ask for help.
The focus is on building strengths people already have and adding practical tools. Saundrea tailors conversations and plans to each person’s situation. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every session.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she treats it as a meaningful act of courage.
How Saundrea’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person’s experience. It helps people feel heard and then supports them in naming what matters and choosing the next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thought patterns and test new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and stress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide whether client-centered work, CBT, or a mix fits best. Goals, daily realities, and personal preferences guide the choice so the work feels useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video lets people see facial cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging can make short check-ins or homework support simpler to fit into a busy day. These options help people keep therapy going around work, medical appointments, or caregiving duties while still focusing on practical skills and steady progress.
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- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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