Sarah Platzer

Sarah Platzer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Wisconsin who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and loneliness. She also supports people coping with parenting pressures, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, and questions around sexuality and identity. Sarah aims to create a space where clients feel comfortable starting hard conversations. She keeps sessions practical and straightforward. Sarah uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) methods to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build new coping skills. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to support people who want to make changes but feel stuck. Sarah’s background includes work in a behavioral health hospital and an outpatient clinic. That experience exposed her to a wide range of concerns, including self-harm and mood or personality disorders. She brings four years of experience as an LCSW to her clinical work. In sessions she focuses on goals people name themselves. She listens closely, offers concrete tools, and practices skills together when useful. Sarah aims to balance warmth and direct feedback, and she often uses gentle humor to ease tension. If someone is worried about starting therapy, she emphasizes small steps and steady progress. The first session typically looks at immediate needs and sets simple goals to work toward. Over time Sarah helps people build habits that support day-to-day functioning.

How therapy methods translate to online care

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting. It uses straightforward exercises and practice between sessions to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress-related patterns.

DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal skills. It teaches specific strategies to manage strong emotions and reduce self-harm urges or impulsive behavior.

Motivational Interviewing helps people find internal motivation to change by exploring their own values and goals. It pairs well with skills-based approaches when someone feels stuck or ambivalent.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Sarah works with clients to choose and adapt techniques based on individual needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try strategies, review what helps, and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online therapy can make scheduling easier and help fit sessions into busy days. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, or let someone avoid travel and use session time more efficiently. Licensed professionals can tailor pace and homework to fit each person’s life and goals.