Sara Figueroa

Sara Figueroa is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience. She practices in Wisconsin and brings a long history in social work roles. Her background includes work with substance use, crisis response, grief support, and advocacy for survivors of sexual assault. Sara focuses on meeting people where they are. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, grief, relationship concerns, and other life challenges. She helps people set goals and work toward them at a pace that suits each person. Her clinical history includes child welfare advocacy, hospice and grief counseling, and crisis intervention. Those experiences shape a practical approach to common problems such as depression, compassion fatigue, and coping with big life changes. She also supports people dealing with identity and relationship questions, including LGBT concerns. Sara uses a mix of methods chosen with the client. She draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, motivational interviewing, narrative approaches, and solution-focused techniques. Treatment plans are developed together and adjusted based on progress and preference. People who seek her care often want straightforward, respectful guidance rather than judgment. Sessions emphasize listening, clear steps, and tools that can be used between meetings. Sara describes her role as a guide who supports people as they find their own path forward. Her professional license is LCSW and she practices in Wisconsin. If someone is ready to begin, the process starts by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing the short matching questionnaire to schedule a first appointment.

Approach-driven online care and practical tools

Client-centered work focuses on the person in the room. The therapist follows each person's lead, listens closely, and helps set goals that match the client's priorities. This approach supports people coping with stress, grief, relationship strain, and identity questions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It offers concrete strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and addictions.

Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. It uses respectful, curiosity-driven conversation to build motivation for steps like reducing substance use or improving self-care.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they choose methods and adjust them as needed so sessions feel useful and relevant.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists can also adapt exercises and homework to work well between meetings so progress continues outside sessions.