Sara Curtis, LCSW

Sara Curtis is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, goal-focused methods to help people feel steadier in their day-to-day lives. She centers sessions on clear thinking and skills practice to reduce overwhelming worry and tension. Her approach aims to make change feel manageable and realistic for busy parents and adults.

She often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful ones. She also draws on client-centered listening to make sure each person feels heard. Dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness techniques are woven in when emotions run high or regulation is hard.

With 11 years of experience in mental health work, she has supported people through trauma, family conflict, and complicated grief. She has also addressed issues like addiction, mood disorders, and challenges with intimacy and self-esteem. She pays attention to how life transitions and caregiving stress affect daily functioning.

Sara helps people work on practical skills for sleeping, eating, managing impulses, and coping with seasonal mood changes. She also addresses relationship and communication problems, including concerns tied to non-monogamous relationships and LGBT identities. Her sessions include concrete strategies and real-world practice.

Her Wisconsin licensure is listed as LCSW and she conducts sessions in English. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first appointment. She encourages those taking the first step and focuses on steady, usable progress rather than quick fixes.

Working with CBT, Client-Centered Care, and DBT Skills Online

Sara commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and adopt practical behavior changes. CBT is useful for problems like anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and intrusive thoughts. Client-centered therapy is another part of her approach and focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people find their own solutions at their own pace.

She also brings in dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotions feel overwhelming. DBT tools teach specific strategies for managing intense feelings, improving relationships, and reducing impulsive actions. Together these approaches give both practical skills and space to process difficult experiences.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative step. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and daily life. That can mean emphasizing skills practice one week and deeper listening the next, depending on what helps most.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. Video can support face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging helps people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines and to try different formats as needs change.