Dr. Sally Goh

Dr. Sally Goh is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with ten years of clinical experience. She practices in Virginia and brings a relationship-focused, person-centered style to therapy. She aims to help people feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or burned out find practical ways forward.

She began her career working in community and addiction settings and later moved into teaching and mentoring other counselors. That mix of front-line work and educator experience shapes her approach to sessions. She leans on clear, hands-on techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy, among other methods she uses.

In sessions she focuses on building a trusting, collaborative relationship. Clients can expect step-by-step work aimed at reducing overwhelm and restoring a sense of control. She emphasizes using each person’s strengths to process trauma, set boundaries, and reduce shame and guilt.

Dr. Goh works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, stress, sleep problems, addictions, and anger. She also addresses issues like attachment concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and career transitions. Her background includes supporting people through life changes and complicated family-of-origin issues.

Her style is practical and direct while remaining compassionate. People leave sessions with tools they can use between meetings. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How therapy approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and then commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and decisions about life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of relating and connection from early life and helps people understand how those patterns affect current relationships and emotion regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the specific session formats before booking because the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing sessions to occur from wherever scheduling works best. It can also support shorter check-ins when a quick progress review is helpful, or allow people to choose audio-only when video is not needed. Licensed professionals can tailor online sessions to focus on skills practice, trauma processing, or boundary setting depending on what the client wants to address.