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Sara Curtis, LCSW

Based in Wisconsin Online sessions

Calm, practical support for parenting and life strain

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Years in practice
11
Credentials
LCSW
Licensed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
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Relationship issues
Focus
Family conflicts
About

About Sara

Sara Curtis is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on clear, practical support for everyday struggles. She uses straightforward talk and active listening to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns. She welcomes honest conversation and aims to make the first steps feel less overwhelming.

Sara has 11 years of experience in mental health work in Wisconsin and brings that background to sessions with a calm, direct style.

Background and approach

She helps people sort through trauma and abuse, grief, and problems with mood including depression and bipolar disorder. She also addresses challenges like anger, sleep and eating difficulties, addictions, and compassion fatigue. Many clients seek her help for parenting-related stress, caregiver strain, and family-of-origin issues.

She also supports people navigating LGBT concerns, polyamory or non-monogamous relationships, and intimacy-related questions. Practical skills for communication, impulse control, and managing isolation are common session topics. Sara draws on several evidence-based approaches to shape her work.

She uses cognitive techniques to identify and change unhelpful thoughts, dialectical strategies to build emotion regulation and distress tolerance, and client-centered listening to follow each person’s priorities. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven in when they fit the goals. Sessions are offered in English and provided through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

Her practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and costs vary with location and therapist availability. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Focus areas and approaches

What Sara works with

Everything Sara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sara helps people with.

Approaches Sara lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Online support

Approaches that guide online parenting and life support

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. The therapist reflects feelings and priorities so people feel heard and can set their own goals. This approach is useful when parenting stress or family conflict makes it hard to know where to begin.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical ways to spot unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that increase anxiety or low mood. It often includes simple exercises to try between sessions and works well for stress, sleep and mood problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships through emotion regulation and distress tolerance practices.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and challenges and then try methods that fit the person’s life. Plans are adjusted as work progresses so techniques match what actually helps.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face to face from different places, phone sessions use less bandwidth, and chat or text can be good for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting schedules and day-to-day life.
Questions

Questions people ask about Sara

What types of concerns does she address?

Sara helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, parenting strain, addiction, grief, and related issues such as body image and caregiver stress.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach is direct and supportive. She blends client-centered listening with practical CBT and DBT techniques to teach coping skills and emotional regulation.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She brings 11 years of mental health experience working with a range of concerns in Wisconsin.

What credentials and region does she represent?

She holds an LCSW credential and practices in Wisconsin.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted at this time.

In what formats are sessions available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What steps start the process?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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