- Years in practice
- 18
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Sandi
Sandi Hines, LCSW, brings 18 years of social work experience to her practice in Tennessee. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and anger. Her background includes work with relationship and family concerns as well as parenting issues.
She presents as warm and approachable and aims to support people taking steps toward change. Sandi uses a person-centered manner that treats each client as an individual. She listens closely to life stories, thoughts, and feelings to understand what is most important to each person.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize identifying strengths and building practical coping skills for day-to-day challenges. Her work includes tools to boost self-esteem and confidence. She helps people develop more resilience so they can handle life’s ups and downs.
Conversations often focus on small, doable steps toward goals the client sets. Sandi combines several evidence-based approaches to match a client’s needs, including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive-behavioral skills, and attachment-focused perspectives. She also draws on techniques from dialectical behavior approaches when intense emotion regulation is needed.
People who want a straightforward, supportive clinician often find her style helpful. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where clients can explore feelings and make practical changes. The emphasis is on collaboration and progress at a pace that fits the client.
What Sandi works with
Everything Sandi lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sandi helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sandi lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online work
Sandi commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small, meaningful actions even when uncomfortable emotions are present. It can help with anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and problem-solving.Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they will try strategies and adjust the plan so it fits the client’s needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make participation easier. Video sessions let people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or supplementing longer sessions. These formats aim to increase flexibility and match therapy to a person’s schedule and daily life.
Questions people ask about Sandi
What concerns does she help with?
Sandi works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship and family difficulties. Her listed specialties also include parenting, trauma and intimacy-related issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is friendly and person-centered. She listens actively and works with people to identify strengths and build coping strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of professional experience as a social worker. That background includes clinical work with mood, relationship, and stress-related concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LCSW credential and is licensed in Tennessee. The profile notes Tennessee as her practice location.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online work. These options allow flexibility in how people connect.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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