About Sarah
Sarah Gregg is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Oregon with 16 years of experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing trauma, chronic illness, parenting struggles, and big life changes. Sarah aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable and respectful of each person's pace.
Sarah spends time listening first and asking clear questions. She helps people name what is hardest right now and set small, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to focus on building skills for coping, improving self-esteem, and addressing the impact of past hurt. Her work often includes support for people handling caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, and chronic pain or illness. She also addresses eating and body image issues, family of origin patterns, and the emotional fallout of sexual assault and abuse.
First responder stress and hospice or end-of-life concerns are part of her experience as well. Sarah uses approaches that center the person in the room and the relationship between close people. She draws on methods that help with motivation and practical solutions when someone needs a focused plan.
This mix aims to be useful whether a person is needing short-term problem solving or longer work with trauma-related problems. Sarah conducts sessions in English and offers multiple online options. Her tone is straightforward, patient, and nonjudgmental, geared toward people who want clear steps and steady support while they work through hard experiences.
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on the connections between people and how early or current relationships affect feelings and behavior. It helps when patterns of closeness or distance get in the way of feeling supported or understood.Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the center of sessions. The therapist listens without judgment and follows the client's pace, which works well for building self-esteem and for people who need a supportive space to sort through emotions.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. It uses guided questions and reflection to build motivation and set steps toward goals, useful for health goals and lifestyle decisions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about needs, goals, and preferences and then choose methods together. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what feels most useful for the individual.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation; phone calls work well if internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins or written reflections between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied daily demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English