Sara Dabney, LCSW

Sara Dabney is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Florida. She blends practical tools with a person-centered attitude to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Her background includes work related to trauma, addictions, grief, and relationship concerns, and she welcomes clients of all genders and sexual orientations.

She started her career teaching yoga and holds a license in massage therapy earned in 2014. Sara completed a Master of Social Work at the University of South Florida, where she received Title IV funding focusing on child maltreatment and contributed to graduate research on HIV and PTSD symptomatology. That mix of body-based work and clinical training shapes her approach.

In sessions she blends cognitive behavioral ideas with mindfulness practices and client-centered care. She also uses techniques from motivational interviewing and dialectical behavior therapy when helpful. Sessions tend to focus on concrete skills, noticing patterns, and small experiments clients can try between meetings.

Sara works with a wide range of concerns including living with chronic illness or cancer, caregiver stress, body image and eating-related issues, adoption and foster care questions, and intimacy or sexual culture matters such as BDSM and kink. She also addresses dissociation, co-morbidity, and communication problems.

People who choose Sara will find a therapist who draws on movement and somatic awareness as well as talk-based strategies. Her style centers the client’s goals and life context while teaching coping tools for daily challenges.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them, and then choose actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, often with small experiments between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy uses present-moment awareness and breathing or body practices to reduce reactivity and strengthen coping during stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, challenges, and what methods feel comfortable. Together they will try approaches and adjust the plan based on what is helpful and realistic for everyday life.

The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can use talk-based and mindfulness exercises effectively in remote work, and the same therapeutic techniques Sara uses in person adapt well to virtual settings when both people agree on the format.