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Sarah Bonnette

Sarah Bonnette, LCSW, LISW

Therapist in Ohio

Experienced LCSW focused on practical progress

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20 years of experience listed

LCSW, LISW professional credentials

English languages

  • Solution-focused
  • Trauma-informed
  • Strengths-based

About Sarah

Sarah Bonnette is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Ohio. She holds LCSW and LISW credentials and brings more than 20 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and parenting challenges. Sarah emphasizes listening first and meeting each person where they are. Over her career she has supported people impacted by foster care and adoption, intellectual and developmental differences, caregiver strain, first responder stress, and domestic violence. She also works with concerns such as self esteem, anger, career shifts, ADHD, and isolation. Her background includes long experience with children, adults, and family-related issues. Sarah uses a solution-focused, strengths-based, and trauma-informed way of working. That means sessions often focus on identifying practical next steps, building on what already works, and addressing how past hurts affect today. She aims to help people notice small changes that add up over time. In a typical session she listens carefully, asks concrete questions, and helps set short-term goals people can try between meetings. She encourages straightforward strategies from cognitive behavioral approaches when helpful, and keeps the pace matched to each person's needs. Sarah invites people who want help sorting through life changes, parenting strain, grief, or low self esteem to consider a collaborative process focused on practical progress and clearer next steps.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's perspective and following their pace; it helps when someone needs space to be heard and to find their own answers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and tests small, practical changes to improve mood and coping. Both approaches are useful for issues like anxiety, depression, self esteem, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, personal preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. That conversation guides which methods are tried and how they are combined, and clients take an active role in deciding what feels most useful.

Session formats are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, school, or caregiving by reducing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue steady support during moves or schedule changes. Conversations and skills practice done remotely can be practical and goal-focused, helping people try changes between sessions and bring real-life experiences back to therapy for discussion.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseGriefDepressionCompassion fatigue

Also works with

Family conflictsParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeCaregiver issues and stressCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHearing impairedImpulsivityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessMood disordersPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmSelf-loveTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Solution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Credentials

Ohio, Maine, Nevada, Connecticut

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, anger, parenting and family issues, self esteem, career changes, ADHD, and related concerns such as adoption and foster care or caregiver stress.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is solution-focused and strengths-based with a trauma-informed perspective. Sessions typically highlight practical steps, building on existing strengths, and understanding how past events affect current feelings.

What is her professional background?

She has over 20 years of experience working with children, adults, and family-related concerns in clinical and community settings.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds LCSW and LISW credentials and practices in Ohio.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

Use the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

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