Sabrina Mayes, LCSW

Sabrina Mayes is a licensed clinical social worker who uses clear, practical methods to help people feel steadier. She leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and build different habits. Sabrina speaks plainly and focuses on realistic steps clients can try between sessions.

She helps people manage stress, anxiety, and depression by breaking problems into small, workable pieces. She also supports those facing addiction, trauma and abuse, anger, grief, and self-esteem struggles. Relationship and family concerns, parenting stress, ADHD, and communication problems are part of her practice too.

Sabrina brings eight years of experience from clinical settings in New Mexico. She values the strengths people already have and works from a belief that clients are the experts on their own lives. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with direction driven by each person’s priorities.

Her approach mixes tools from dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness to help people tolerate difficult emotions and build clearer routines. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques guide short-term change and practical problem solving. Together these approaches aim to reduce overwhelm and increase confidence.

New clients can expect appointments that focus on concrete skills, problem solving, and steady progress. Sabrina encourages small experiments in daily life and checks in on what works. Her goal is to make therapy manageable and relevant to everyday demands.

How CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness work online

Sabrina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT focuses on practical exercises and step-by-step changes that often suit anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related difficulties.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT-style techniques teach concrete tools for managing strong feelings and improving communication. Mindfulness Therapy is used alongside these methods to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Sabrina will discuss goals and preferences and help determine which methods match each person’s needs. The plan can change over time based on what helps most.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow for shorter check-ins and ongoing support between fuller sessions.