About Sara
Sara Curtis is a licensed clinical social worker who centers sessions on the person in front of her. She uses straightforward conversation and practical tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, and life changes. Sara keeps language simple and focuses on what feels useful for each person.
With 11 years of experience she draws on a mix of approaches to match people’s needs. She blends client-centered work with cognitive-behavioral ideas and DBT skills to help with emotion regulation, unhelpful thinking, and interpersonal problems.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven in when they fit the goals discussed in session. Sessions begin by talking about immediate concerns and what the person wants to change. Sara helps people set small, doable goals and try tools between meetings.
She offers direct coaching on communication, coping skills for anxiety, and strategies for managing sleep and appetite concerns. She also addresses complex stressors such as trauma, addiction, caregiver strain, and chronic mood disorders. Family of origin issues, domestic violence history, body image, and sexual or intimacy concerns are included among common topics.
Sara aims to help people notice patterns and experiment with different responses. Sara holds a Wisconsin LCSW credential and practices with a practical, respectful style. Conversations are meant to be clear and focused, so parents and adults who are worried can find concrete next steps and relief.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience. Online sessions let the therapist reflect back what she hears and help the person name goals and priorities. This approach helps when someone needs space to talk and be heard before trying specific techniques.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. In online CBT sessions people learn to spot unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments between meetings to test new ways of thinking and acting. This works well for anxiety, mood problems, sleep issues, and distressing habits.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. Online DBT-style work often uses short coaching, skills practice, and step-by-step problem solving to reduce impulsivity and improve coping during hard moments.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about problems, goals, and preferences and then suggest which tools to try first. Plans are adjusted as needed, so clients help shape what happens in sessions.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t wanted. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skills coaching between sessions, and easier scheduling during busy days.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English