Sarah Claridge

Sarah Claridge is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) practicing in Ohio. She focuses on Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside client-centered approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and major life changes. Her tone is warm and direct, aimed at making a first step feel doable.

She offers a calm, judgment-free space where people can talk through past hurts and current struggles. Sessions center on the person in front of her, with room to focus on practical skills and emotional processing. The first visits usually clarify goals and priorities, then build a plan together.

Sarah blends client-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness tools. That mix lets her address unhelpful thinking patterns, ground emotional reactions, and practice new behaviors between sessions. Motivational Interviewing is used when people want to change habits like substance use or other process addictions.

Her experience includes helping people cope with relationship issues, parenting strain, career stress, grief, and questions around identity and self-worth. She also supports those managing OCD patterns, panic, seasonal mood shifts, and compassion fatigue. The work emphasizes small, steady steps toward clearer thinking and healthier routines.

Sessions focus on collaboration. Sarah helps people notice what works, adjust strategies, and build on strengths. If you want someone who listens, reflects, and helps map practical next steps, she aims to do exactly that.

How Sarah’s approaches translate to online care

Sarah draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people process past harm and reduce trauma-related symptoms, using paced conversations and grounding techniques to make difficult memories easier to manage. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, offering an accepting, nonjudgmental space where the person’s goals guide the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try alternative ways of thinking and behaving that reduce anxiety and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Sarah collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their needs and preferences. Together they set clear goals, try techniques in session, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the currently available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow focused check-ins between other responsibilities. It also supports using worksheets, mindfulness exercises, and behavioral experiments that you can practice between meetings to build consistent change.