Sarah (she/her) Smith
Therapist blending relational trust and practical tools
LCSW Connecticut
- Experience
- 14 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English, Haitian Creole
About Sarah
Sarah (she/her) Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of practice who centers therapy on a collaborative, relationship-based process.
Background and approach
She emphasizes developing trust and rapport as the foundation for change, and she draws on cognitive behavioral techniques alongside attachment-informed and client-centered principles to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem concerns, career challenges, and trauma-related struggles.
She encourages clients to bring their strengths and personal values into sessions, including faith or spirituality when desired, and views each person as an expert in their own story. Therapeutic work with Sarah often includes practical strategies such as cognitive reframing, role play, stress and crisis management, and communication skills building.
She also explores family history and attachment patterns to illuminate recurring relational themes and to guide healing from loss, abandonment, or long-standing family problems. Her approach balances warmth and humor with focused, skills-based interventions to support progress over time.
Licensed in Connecticut as an LCSW, Sarah offers a welcoming space for people coping with addictions, parenting and fatherhood issues, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and a wide range of life transitions. She aims to help clients pursue manageable steps toward their goals and to experience improved day-to-day functioning and resilience.
How evidence-informed approaches fit into online care
Many clients find benefit from cognitive behavioral techniques that examine thought patterns and teach practical coping skills; CBT can be used to address anxiety, depression, stress, and certain trauma-related symptoms by focusing on behavior change and thought restructuring. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relational patterns and early relationships to help people understand current relationship struggles and to build more supported ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the client's perspective, offering empathic listening and collaborative goal setting so that treatment unfolds around the individual's values and pace.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Sarah aims to work together with each client to identify which methods feel most useful. She will explore goals, preferences, and the problem at hand to tailor a mix of strategies that aligns with the client's needs and strengths, making adjustments as progress is made.
Online therapy with Sarah is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible options for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access consistent care from Connecticut without the need to travel, and they support continuity of treatment across life transitions and busy schedules.
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Experience
14+ years
Licensed
Connecticut, Florida
Languages
English, Haitian Creole