Sara Saiger

Sara Saiger is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience helping adults navigate difficult emotions and life changes. She focuses on practical steps people can use to manage problems like anger, addiction, depression, bipolar mood changes, grief, and low self-esteem.

She emphasizes a person-centered, solution-focused way of working. That means sessions center on the client's goals and strengths while using motivational interviewing to support change. Sara aims to build trust quickly and keep conversations grounded and useful.

Sara's background includes more than a decade in psychiatric and substance use settings. She spent over three years as a clinical care coordinator and therapist in an inpatient substance abuse program, and more than 12 years as a behavioral health therapist. For the past five years she has served as the clinical supervisor at a crisis center in Georgia.

Her training includes a Master of Social Work from the University of South Florida and an undergraduate degree in Health and Human Services from the University at Buffalo. She lists credentials as LCSW and CSW and practices in Georgia.

Sara describes her style as empathetic, pragmatic, and nonjudgmental. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, brief practical strategies, and building skills to handle anger, relationship strain, parenting stress, career transitions, and other daily challenges.

Evidence-based approaches for change, delivered online

She commonly draws on person-centered work and motivational interviewing. Person-centered work focuses on listening, building trust, and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client. It helps people clarify values and decide their next steps. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative style that explores readiness for change and helps reduce resistance to new habits, which can be useful for addiction, anger, or coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with the client to pick methods that match goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying practical strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time so sessions stay useful and focused on real-life problems.

Session formats are not specified in the original biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed. It can also let people keep momentum between in-person appointments and practice skills in day-to-day settings.