About Sandra
Dr. Sandra Madaris is a licensed clinical social worker in Georgia who helps people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks plainly and meets each person with respect and compassion.
Sandra aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone who is nervous about starting therapy. She adapts conversations and plans to the needs of each person. Sessions focus on practical skills for coping, managing strong emotions, and rebuilding confidence.
Background and approach
Her work often blends body-focused awareness with talk therapy to address how stress and trauma show up in the body. With 23 years of practice, Sandra draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She also uses client-centered and somatic ideas to keep sessions grounded in what feels real to the person.
This mix helps with mood problems, relationship patterns, and substance concerns. People can expect a straightforward approach that balances emotional work and skill-building. Sandra listens first, then offers options the person can try between sessions.
She explains techniques in everyday language and checks in about what works. Her license is LCSW, CSW, and she practices in Georgia. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session that fits the person's needs.
How body-aware work and evidence-based methods translate online
Somatic-informed work focuses on the body's signals and how tension, breath, and physical sensation connect with emotions. This approach can help people notice where stress lives in the body and learn gentle ways to ease that tension during and between sessions.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. Both approaches suit issues like low mood, anxiety, and patterns that feed into substance use.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about options, try different techniques, and adjust based on what the person finds helpful. Goals, preferences, and daily life guide those choices so the plan fits real needs.
Online sessions via video, phone, live chat, or text messaging offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video lets you work face to face; phone and chat can be easier on low-energy days. Text-based options allow short check-ins and skill practice between meetings, which can help maintain progress over time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English