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Sally Sierra

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Sally Sierra, LCSW

Florida

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anger and Relationships

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Key details

  • CredentialsLCSW
  • LicenseLCSW, Florida / SW18724; LCSW, New Mexico / SWB-2024-1254
  • NPI1740676121
  • Experience7 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationFlorida

About

  • CBT methods
  • DBT skills
  • Attachment focus

About Sally

Sally Sierra is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. She also supports people facing trauma, grief, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and midlife change.

Sally uses practical talk and focused skills rather than jargon. Sessions often focus on clear goals, coping strategies, and small behavior changes people can try between meetings. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and on dialectical behavior methods for emotion regulation skills.

Attachment-based ideas guide how she looks at patterns in close relationships and intimacy-related problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy elements help people notice what matters to them and take values-based steps even when feelings are uncomfortable. Client-centered principles shape sessions so the client's concerns drive the agenda.

In work with parenting and family concerns she helps individuals manage communication problems, boundary setting, and the stress of caregiving or end-of-life issues. For anger and reactivity she offers concrete tools to reduce snapping, manage resentment, and respond differently in the moment.

Sally describes her role as a practical partner in building skills and routines that fit everyday life. She asks questions, models strategies, and checks in on what’s working so sessions stay focused and useful.

How sessions work

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Sally uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then take small steps that reflect their values. ACT is useful when someone wants to act differently despite ongoing anxiety or frustration.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thought patterns and test them against real-life evidence. CBT techniques often lead to concrete behavior changes that reduce reactivity and improve day-to-day functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sally collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences. She reviews what helps, adjusts techniques when needed, and teaches practical exercises clients can use between sessions.

If you plan to work online, confirm the current session formats before booking since the profile did not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let clients practice new skills in the settings where challenges happen and bring real examples back into sessions for focused troubleshooting.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAvoidant personalityBody imageCommunication problemsDependent personalityDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily problemsHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPersonality disordersPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Listed in

Florida, New Mexico

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of issues does she help with?

Sally works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and parenting concerns, trauma, grief, ADHD, and related issues listed in her profile.

What is her general approach in sessions?

She uses practical, skills-based work including cognitive behavioral techniques, DBT emotion regulation, and attachment-informed conversation to address everyday problems.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has seven years of professional experience as a clinician.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is an LCSW credentialed in New Mexico and Florida and practices in Florida.

Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are offered?

Session formats were not specified in the profile; confirm current session options before booking.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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