Sally MillsapLCSW

Sally Millsap is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience supporting people through major life events. She helps with pregnancy and childbirth concerns, postpartum depression, grief, trauma, anxiety, stress, and parenting challenges. Her manner is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making difficult moments easier to describe and manage.

Before moving to California 13 years ago, she worked in several states and in a range of medical settings. Early roles included inpatient rehabilitation counseling after strokes and spinal cord injuries. She also supported high-risk obstetrics and neonatal intensive care unit families, including parents of drug-exposed infants and those facing fetal loss.

At a children’s hospital she has worked on a Child Protection Team and co-facilitated a grief support group. She has experience supporting parents of children with chronic medical issues and people navigating big life changes. Across roles she led support groups and provided one-on-one counseling in hospital and clinical settings.

Sally uses practical, person-focused approaches in sessions. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and solution-focused methods to help people set small, achievable goals. She also offers client-centered listening and trauma-focused work when past harm affects daily life.

Her background in medical social work shapes a calm, realistic style. She emphasizes clear steps, coping skills, and planning for what comes next. Sessions are aimed at helping people feel more capable and connected to support as they move forward.

How Sally’s approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people name what matters most and take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It can be useful for managing anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so a person feels understood and can find their own path forward; this is helpful when someone needs space to talk through parenting or grief concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That means checking in about what feels useful, adapting techniques, and trying different strategies as needed.

The original biography does not specify which online session types are offered, so confirm current session options before booking. In general, remote sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time to appointments. They can also support continued care between hospital visits or during life transitions like pregnancy and postpartum recovery by keeping contact consistent and practical.