About Sarah
Sarah Henderson is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, and major life changes. She supports those dealing with workplace pressure, career questions, anger, panic, and social anxiety. She is direct and compassionate, offering steady guidance while clients figure out next steps.
Her way of working is collaborative and person-centered. She listens first, lets people set the pace, and focuses on practical steps individuals can take between sessions.
How Sarah works
Conversations move from identifying what matters to trying concrete skills that fit daily life. Sarah uses a mix of approaches depending on the concern and the person. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, dialectical skills for emotion regulation, and client-centered listening to build trust.
Motivational interviewing guides conversations when people feel stuck about change. She has five years of clinical experience in mental health settings and brings that background to each session. That experience informs how she helps people work through caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, obsessions and compulsions, and impulsivity.
Sessions often focus on small, manageable goals like improving communication, reducing panic symptoms, or clarifying life purpose. Sarah aims to help people build tools they can use outside therapy and to leave sessions feeling understood and better able to cope.
Sarah lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Sarah works with
The areas below are the ones Sarah selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Sarah’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Client-centered therapy focuses on active listening and meeting each person where they are. In practice that means the therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects feelings, and helps build trust so people can name what matters and move at their own pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses clear exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and try new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, panic, and workplace stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for regulating emotions and tolerating distress. People learn short, practical tools to manage strong reactions and reduce impulsive actions.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That means checking in and adjusting course if something isn’t helping.
Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm what options are available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or avoiding the need to be on camera when that feels difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to fit a person’s routine so skills are practiced between sessions.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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