Edna Sanders, LCSW
Indiana · 14 years in practice
Edna Sanders is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and major life changes.
License and registration
- LCSW, Indiana
- 34006420A · expires April 2028
- LCSW, New Jersey
- 44SC06191500 · expires August 2026
- LCSW, Virginia
- 0904019238 · expires June 2027
- LCSW, Mississippi
- C11790 · expires April 2027
- NPI
- 1124386107 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Edna
Edna Sanders is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and major life changes. She practices from Indiana and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her work centers on building clearer communication, steadier moods, and healthier self-esteem.
Edna uses approaches that help people name their feelings and try new ways of coping. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. She helps people untangle relationship struggles, grief, parenting strain, work burnout, and patterns tied to shame or abandonment.
Background and approach
Her background includes long-term work with people facing trauma, mood disorders, and addiction. She pays attention to how culture and life roles shape emotion and behavior. That perspective helps when people feel isolated or misunderstood.
Therapy sessions blend emotional exploration with concrete skills. Edna draws on cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses emotion-focused work to track what feelings are driving daily choices.
People who come to her can expect a collaborative, steady approach. The aim is to reduce overwhelming reactions and build practical routines for coping. Edna supports clients as they try new ways of relating, set healthier boundaries, and move through painful transitions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Edna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Edna names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How emotion-focused approaches work online
Edna combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) with Client-Centered and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) elements. EFT helps people identify and name strong emotions and understand how those feelings shape reactions in relationships and daily life. Client-Centered work keeps the focus on the person’s experience and pace, creating space for them to guide what matters most. CBT offers practical exercises to change unhelpful thoughts and routines that keep problems going.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Edna collaborates with each person to decide which methods suit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts the balance between emotion-focused exploration and skill practice as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy schedules. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can work on days when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat lets people check in between sessions or use shorter check-ins. These options make it easier to keep consistent appointments and practice new strategies in real life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, grief, addiction, sleep problems, ADHD, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is conversational and practical. She blends emotionally focused work with skill-building so clients can understand feelings and try new behaviors.
What is her professional background?
She has 14 years of clinical experience and focuses on trauma, mood disorders, burnout, and multicultural concerns among other areas.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds LCSW credentials in Indiana and practices from Indiana.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on availability.
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