Sabrina Gonzalez, LICSW, LCSW

New Mexico · 20 years in practice

License and registration

LCSW, New Mexico: C-11074 · expires July 2027
LCSW, Florida: SW12542 · expires March 2027
LCSW, Pennsylvania: CW016900 · expires February 2027
LCSW, Arizona: LCSW-22193 · expires March 2026
LICSW, Vermont: 089.0135936 · expires January 2028
LSCSW, Kansas: LSCSW 06533 · expires August 2026
NPI: 1417342866 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 20
Languages: English

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About Sabrina

Sabrina Gonzalez is a licensed social worker in New Mexico with 20 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and issues related to identity and parenting. She offers a respectful, steady presence and focuses on practical steps that fit each person’s life. Sabrina writes clear plans and talks through what might work next so people feel less stuck.

She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other approaches to help clients name and shift painful patterns in relationships and attachment.

Background and approach

Sabrina also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live with hard feelings while moving toward what matters. Cognitive techniques and a client-centered stance are woven into sessions to make work concrete and personal. Sabrina has guided people through grief, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and the fallout from abuse and domestic violence.

She helps with parenting concerns, blended family issues, adoption and foster care questions, and challenges tied to career and life transitions. She also supports those managing attention differences and disruptive mood concerns. Sessions are shaped around each person’s goals and pace.

Conversations focus on what can be tried between sessions and what changes feel realistic. Sabrina aims for clarity in steps and compassion in tone so clients leave with something to use right away. Her practice accepts international clients and offers multiple session formats to suit different needs.

She frames therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s values guide the work.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Sabrina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

LGBT
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Depression
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Sabrina names

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Online support

How emotional and attachment work translates online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name core emotions and how those feelings shape relationships. In short sessions this often means mapping emotional cycles and creating new ways to show needs and respond to others. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports learning to accept hard thoughts and feelings while committing to actions tied to personal values; it is useful for anxiety, persistent worry, and making life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns formed in early relationships and how those patterns appear now, which can help when people feel stuck in repeating cycles.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what actually helps in everyday life.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a short break or use less data, live chat works well for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments and fit therapy into a busy schedule.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Sabrina focus on?

Sabrina supports people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, identity concerns such as LGBT issues, and related matters like compassion fatigue and career strain.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She keeps conversations clear and practical while staying compassionate and sensitive. Sessions mix emotional exploration with concrete steps to try between meetings.

What kind of experience does she bring?

She has 20 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including trauma, family of origin issues, and caregiver stress.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in New Mexico.

Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Which session formats are available?

She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.

How are sessions billed and what do they cost?

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