About Sara
Sara Dabney is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who combines body-focused work with talking therapies. She draws on somatic ideas alongside practical skills to help people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and other concerns. Sara works in a down-to-earth way and welcomes people from all walks of life.
She began her path as a yoga teacher and trained in massage therapy before completing a Master of Social Work at the University of South Florida.
Background and approach
That graduate work included Title IV funded study in child maltreatment and research on HIV and post-traumatic stress symptoms. These experiences inform how she understands trauma and the body. In sessions she blends cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and motivational interviewing.
She also uses client-centered principles to keep the focus on each person's priorities. This mix is practical: skills are taught, bodily awareness is explored, and goals are set together. Sara often supports people coping with relationship strain, grief, addiction, chronic illness, and questions around identity.
She also addresses concerns like disordered eating, sexual and intimacy-related issues, and parenting stress. Her approach is adaptable to different life changes. Therapy can include talking, guided awareness of bodily sensations, and concrete tools to change unhelpful patterns.
She aims to help clients notice what’s happening in their bodies and thoughts, and then try new ways of responding that feel more manageable.
How somatic work and skills translate to online therapy
Somatic-informed work pays attention to bodily sensations and how the body holds stress. Online sessions can guide gentle awareness of breath, posture, and physical cues to help people notice patterns that affect mood and reactions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values, acceptance, and committed action; it helps when someone wants to live by their values despite painful thoughts or feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the plan. The therapist will work collaboratively to see which methods fit a person's needs and goals. That process includes trying practical exercises and adjusting strategies based on what helps.
Online formats offer flexibility for different life schedules and comfort levels. Video calls allow for face-to-face interaction and guided body awareness work. Phone, live chat, and text messaging make it easier to follow up between sessions or use brief coaching when issues arise. These options help people access care from home or another suitable space and fit therapy into busy days.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English