Sara BarrientosLCSW

Sara Barrientos is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 13 years of experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem struggles. She also supports those coping with life changes, relationship and parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, and bipolar-related issues. Her practice includes attention to pregnancy and childbirth related concerns as well as caregiver stress and aging issues.

She uses straightforward, helpful methods in sessions. Sara draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to address thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. She also uses Existential and Solution-Focused approaches to help clients find meaning and practical next steps.

Sessions focus on identifying goals, trying small changes, and reviewing what works. She describes her role as uplifting and encouraging, offering accountability while respecting each person’s pace. Expect a calm, respectful tone and simple tools to use between sessions.

Sara’s background includes work across settings since 2007, including intensive outpatient group therapy for older adults struggling with depression and anxiety. She has also worked with adolescents and adults facing relationship and parenting challenges, loss, and homelessness in earlier roles.

Clients can expect a collaborative process that balances emotional support with practical strategies. She aims to help people set and reach goals they create, and to provide steady encouragement along the way.

How therapy approaches guide online care

Sara often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes where getting unstuck matters.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a practical approach that looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. CBT helps with depression, sleep problems, anxiety, and managing mood by practicing new thinking and behavior patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sara treats therapy as a collaboration and will help you decide which methods fit your goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as needs evolve.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats. Confirm the available session options before booking so you know what to expect. In general, online work can make it easier to fit brief check-ins into a busy day, reduce travel time, and offer flexible scheduling around parenting or work demands. Therapists also adapt exercises and homework for remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.