Edna Sanders

Practical, compassionate therapy for life transitions

LCSW Indiana

Experience: 14 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Edna

Edna Sanders is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of practice who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, and major life transitions. She brings a practical, evidence-informed orientation to sessions while honoring each person's individual story and cultural background.

Background and approach

Her work often focuses on mood concerns such as depression, self-esteem struggles, and post-traumatic stress, as well as relationship and family problems that affect daily functioning. Edna blends structured techniques with a client-centered stance to help clients develop coping skills, improve communication, and work through grief, addiction issues, or career-related stress.

She also offers support for intimacy-related concerns, sleep disruptions, ADHD-related challenges, caregiver burden, and feelings of isolation or shame. Sessions emphasize collaboration, clear strategies, and mindful awareness to translate insights into sustainable change.

Based in Indiana and licensed as an LCSW (IN LCSW 34006420A, VA LCSW 0904019238), she conducts therapy in English and provides multiple remote session formats to fit varying schedules. Prospective clients can expect a respectful, goal-oriented approach that balances practical tools with empathy and cultural sensitivity.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Edna frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing concrete behavioral changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, providing empathic listening and a nonjudgmental stance that helps clients explore personal values and emotional experience at their own pace. These methods are practical for addressing mood concerns, trauma-related reactions, relationship difficulties, and stress-related problems.

Finding the right mix of approaches is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works together with each person to clarify goals, weigh preferences, and try techniques that fit the issue at hand, adjusting methods as progress and needs evolve.

Online therapy with Edna is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different lifestyles and schedules. These formats make it easier to access regular support without major travel, while allowing the therapist to use structured CBT exercises, mindful practices, and skill-building tools in ways that suit the client's routine and comfort level.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Edna commonly address?

Her practice focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes, along with issues like self-esteem, relationship and family problems, grief, addictions, and sleep difficulties.

How does she approach therapy sessions?

She combines client-centered work with structured techniques including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, using mindfulness and motivational interviewing to build skills and insight.

What is her professional background?

She has 14 years of clinical experience working with a range of mood, trauma-related, and interpersonal concerns and brings attention to multicultural and identity intersections in treatment.

Which credentials and locations apply to her practice?

She is an LCSW licensed in Indiana and Virginia with the following identifiers: IN LCSW 34006420A and VA LCSW 0904019238, and she practices from Indiana.

Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?

Services are provided in English only, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are available for remote care?

She meets with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.

How are fees and billing handled?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesCompassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsDivorce and separationFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shame Isolation / lonelinessJealousyVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

14+ years

Licensed

Indiana, New Jersey, Virginia, Mississippi

Languages

English