- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LPC, LPCC
- Licensed in
- Tennessee, Kentucky
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Sandra
Sandra Graham is a licensed professional counselor with LPC and LPCC credentials and 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping parents who are worried about mood, behavior, addiction, or relationship struggles. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, and she centers the parent's goals in each session.
She has worked in residential treatment settings with children and adolescents and in outpatient community mental health. That background gave her experience with co-occurring disorders, emotional and behavioral challenges, and neurodevelopmental concerns.
Background and approach
Sandra draws on that experience when supporting parents through difficult situations. Sandra uses practical, evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to address anxiety, depression, and stress. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at patterns between parents and children and to strengthen relationships.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approaches are used to help people clarify values and take workable steps forward. Sessions focus on concrete skills you can try between meetings. That might mean learning tools to manage stress, strategies for addressing substance use concerns, ways to handle mood swings, or communication techniques for tense family moments.
She encourages small experiments so parents can see what helps. Sandra believes people carry strengths already and builds on those resources. She aims to be a steady, nonjudgmental presence while parents practice new approaches.
Her goal is to help people feel more capable and to find clearer paths through parenting challenges.
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.
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sandra lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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 parenting support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people identify what matters most and take small values-based actions. It can be useful for parents who feel stuck or overwhelmed and want a clear way to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful reactions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and can help parents understand and shift interaction styles with their children.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sandra collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily realities. She often combines techniques so sessions fit your situation and adjusts plans as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make ongoing care more flexible. Video calls suit deeper conversations and visual connection, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a brief check-in, and messaging supports shorter updates or homework check-ins. These options make it easier to fit therapy around school, work, and family life while using the therapeutic approaches described above.
Questions people ask about Sandra
What concerns does Sandra commonly address?
Sandra works with a wide range of issues including addictions, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, relationship and communication problems, grief, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and ADHD.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and supportive, combining client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches. Sessions emphasize clear steps and skills to use between appointments.
What is her clinical background?
She has 25 years of experience, including work in a residential treatment center with children and adolescents and roles in outpatient community mental health and home-based counseling.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices in Tennessee. License details include TN LPC and KY LPCC.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered online?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are costs handled?
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, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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