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Sarah Sutton

Compassionate, practical therapy for life's challenges

LISW, LCSW Ohio

Experience
3 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Sarah

Sarah Sutton is a licensed social worker who integrates cognitive behavioral ideas with client-centered care to help people manage stress, mood, and relationship difficulties. She holds LISW and LCSW credentials and brings a collaborative, strengths-focused stance to sessions, tailoring interventions to each client’s goals and pace.

Background and approach

Sarah emphasizes practical skills alongside emotional exploration to address anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addictive behaviors, and issues around intimacy and family dynamics. With three years of professional experience practicing in Ohio, she combines techniques from CBT, emotionally-focused and mindfulness-based methods, and motivational interviewing to form individualized plans.

Sessions seek to balance problem-solving strategies, coping tools, and opportunities to build insight and resilience. Sarah also attends to concerns such as sleep disruption, anger, self-esteem struggles, bipolar mood patterns, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related challenges.

Her approach centers on listening and partnering with clients to identify priorities and steadily work toward meaningful change. She supports people navigating life transitions, relationship strain, and recovery from past hurts, with an emphasis on developing skills that extend beyond the therapy hour.

Integrating Evidence-Based Approaches in Online Care

Sarah blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to give online clients both practical skills and empathic support. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression, while Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship that helps people explore values and goals at their own pace. She may also draw on Emotionally-Focused Therapy when relationship or attachment issues are central, helping partners or individuals access and reorganize emotional responses.

Finding the best approach is part of the therapeutic work. Sarah collaborates with each person to determine which combination of methods fits their concerns, preferences, and goals, adjusting techniques as progress unfolds and new priorities emerge.

Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, her online practice prioritizes accessibility and scheduling flexibility. These formats allow clients to engage from different locations and choose the interaction style that feels most helpful for learning CBT strategies, practicing mindfulness, or exploring emotional patterns with support from a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Sarah address in therapy?
She works with a broad set of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related problems, addictions, sleeping difficulties, anger, self-esteem concerns, and bipolar-related challenges.
What therapeutic styles guide her work?
Her practice pulls from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to tailor sessions to each client's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience providing therapy in clinical settings and applies evidence-informed approaches in her work.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LISW and LCSW credentials with license details OH LISW I.2102979-SUPV and FL LCSW SW24463, and she practices in Ohio.
Does she offer sessions in languages other than English or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which formats are available for meeting with her?
She conducts therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How is pricing handled for therapy with her?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on her availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Therapeutic approaches

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

Experience

3+ years

Licensed

Ohio, Florida

Languages

English