Sara Barrientos, LCSW

Sara Barrientos is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Illinois with 13 years of practice in social work. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and challenges like parenting, relationships, and sleep problems. Her background includes work across ages and settings, with long experience supporting older adults in outpatient group therapy.

She spent the past decade leading intensive outpatient groups for senior citizens coping with depression and anxiety. Before that she worked with at-risk homeless youth and in adolescent and adult behavioral health. She also has experience addressing relationship and parenting concerns and helping people process loss.

Sara uses practical, goal-focused methods. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. She also uses existential and solution-focused approaches to clarify values and set small, achievable steps.

Sessions typically emphasize clear skills, short experiments, and straightforward homework to test what works. She helps people identify patterns that keep problems going and then practices alternative habits together in session.

Sara aims to support clients as they set concrete goals and build accountability. Her clinical experience with older adults informs her approach to caregiver stress, aging concerns, and managing mood changes. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking.

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