Sabrina Heller
Compassionate, skills-focused therapy for life challenges
LCSW, MD, LCSW-C Pennsylvania
- Experience
- 19 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Sabrina
Sabrina Heller is a licensed social worker who blends practical, evidence-informed methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression. With 19 years of clinical experience, she emphasizes cognitive and behavioral tools that help clients identify unhelpful patterns and develop more effective coping strategies.
Background and approach
Sabrina approaches each person as the expert of their own story, building on existing strengths to address concerns such as grief, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and LGBTQ-related challenges. Her work also focuses on issues like guilt and shame, sexuality, social anxiety and phobia, and the impacts of past abuse.
Sabrina aims to create a collaborative environment in which clients set goals and practice skills that translate into daily life. She holds LCSW and LCSW-C credentials and practices in Pennsylvania, offering a supportive, strengths-based approach that values courage and personal growth.
Clients can expect a therapist who listens attentively and pairs structured techniques with compassion, helping them move toward a more fulfilling life at a manageable pace.
Using Evidence-Based Approaches in Online Care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. It is practical and skill-oriented, helping people learn strategies they can apply between sessions.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages openness to difficult feelings while clarifying personal values and taking committed action toward those values. This approach can help with issues such as grief, shame, and persistent worry by fostering psychological flexibility.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively to determine which methods best match a client's goals, needs, and preferences. That partnership allows strategies to be tailored over time so treatment stays relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into busy schedules. These formats allow ongoing skill practice, regular check-ins, and convenient access to a licensed professional from different locations, supporting consistent progress while accommodating individual routines and preferences.
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Experience
19+ years
Licensed
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland
Languages
English