Sandra "Chalice" Ledet, LCSW
Compassionate LCSW helping adults navigate relationships
Book with Sandra- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Sandra
Sandra "Chalice" Ledet is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who draws on three decades of experience to help adults facing relationship stress, trauma, grief, and parenting concerns. She creates a calm, respectful space where people can say what they really feel. Her approach is steady and practical, aimed at helping people cope with hard moments and find clearer ways forward.
She centers conversations on what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
That often means talking through relationship patterns, attachment concerns, and how past hurt shows up now. She also uses strategies that help with mood struggles, anxiety, and sleep problems so daily life feels more manageable. Sandra combines client-centered listening with structured techniques when they fit the situation.
That might include cognitive-behavioral steps to change unhelpful thinking, or skills from dialectical behavior work to manage strong emotions. She adapts her style to the person in front of her rather than using a single method for everyone. Much of her work has involved helping people recover from trauma and abuse, process loss, and handle transitions like separation or major life changes.
She also supports people working to set boundaries, reduce codependent patterns, and manage caregiver stress. Sandra practices in Oregon and conducts sessions in English. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing support.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps pair someone with scheduling options.
What Sandra works with
Everything Sandra lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sandra helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Sandra lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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 sessions
Sandra commonly draws on attachment-based ideas and cognitive-behavioral strategies to guide online work. Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotions, and it can help people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical steps to shift unhelpful thinking and routines.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sandra collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and the issues they want to address. She adjusts techniques over time as needs change so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility for adults balancing work, caregiving, or busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing skill practice, or shorter coaching-style support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and fit it into daily life.
Questions people ask about Sandra
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps adults with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, mood struggles, addiction, and related life stressors.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her work blends client-centered listening with practical techniques such as cognitive-behavioral and dialectical skills, and attention to attachment patterns.
What is her clinical background?
She brings 30 years of professional experience supporting adults through relationship challenges, trauma recovery, and coping with major life changes.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Oregon.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing therapy and check-ins.
How does pricing 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?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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