Sarah McClelland
Clinical Social Worker/Therapist -
Sarah is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She graduated from The University of Virginia in 1996 with a Bachelors of Arts degree in psychology. There, she worked at the Mary Ainsworth Virginia Study of Teens and Families, a longitudinal study of attachment. She then worked with emotionally disturbed adolescents in a residential treatment program where she dedicated her life for 7 years. While working in this capacity, she attended Virginia Commonwealth University part-time and graduated with her Masters In Social Work in 2002. Since then, Sarah has served in various roles including a psychiatric crisis clinician in both community and hospital settings as well as a clinician in private practice. Additionally, she has managed a team of clinicians providing case management services to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. Sarah has a passion for working with new mothers, attachment, parenting issues, teenagers, and working mothers with children. She is trauma informed and enjoys working with individuals coping with stress, depression, anxiety, and high achievers that have difficulty finding a work/life balance. Sarah uses compassion focused, strength based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She gets excited about helping others become attuned to their own self-care and the potential they have for being “their own best friend.”
Skills and Expertise
Anxiety
Attachment Issues
Attention Deficit (ADHD)
Adult
Academic Underachievement
athletes
Bipolar Disorder
Caregiver Issues or Stress
Child or Adolescent
Family Conflict
Family of Origin Issues
Health Illness and Medical Issues
LGBTQ
Loss
Loss or Grief
Mood Disorders
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Perfectionism
Relationship Issues
severe mental illness
Stress
Single Parenting Issues
teen
Teens
Women's issue
Treatment Orientation
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Eclectic
Humanistic
Interpersonal
Motivational Interviewing
Person Centered Therapy
psychotherapy
Reality therapy
Rogerian
Self-Compassion
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Solution Focused Therapy
Telehealth-based
Therapy unique to each client
Writing
Modality
Individuals
Group
Family
Children