Sarah Gilbert, LICSW

Sarah Gilbert is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of practice in Alabama. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, and other life challenges. She listens without judgment and works at a pace that feels manageable for each person.

Sarah uses practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding. She also draws on client-centered principles to keep sessions focused on the client's priorities. When deeper themes emerge, she may bring in ideas from Jungian therapy to explore meanings and life patterns.

In sessions she and the client set clear, achievable goals. Sometimes the work is problem solving and skill building. Other times it is mapping emotions and finding ways to cope when situations can’t be changed right away.

She has supported people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, adoption and foster care questions, caregiver burnout, chronic illness, and career transitions. Sarah also addresses issues such as trauma and abuse, substance concerns, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and identity questions for LGBT clients.

Her approach is collaborative and practical. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their life. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.

How Sarah’s approaches translate to online therapy

Sarah commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered techniques. CBT focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and trying practical experiments to change them; it can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Client-centered work prioritizes the person’s own goals and pace, creating room to talk through feelings and decide what matters most.

She will also draw on Motivational Interviewing when people are weighing change, using gentle questions to build motivation and clarify next steps. Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist reviews your goals and preferences and adapts methods so the plan fits your needs and comfort level.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or people prefer not to be on camera, and chat or text can make brief check-ins or coaching easier to fit into a busy day. These options make it simpler to keep continuity and try different formats as needs change.