Prof. Sandra Brackenridge

Prof. Sandra Brackenridge is an LCSW in Texas with 31 years of experience. She spent 23 years as a professor of social work and continues to supervise social workers working toward clinical licensure. Sandra has combined teaching, supervision, and ongoing clinical practice throughout her career.

She has guided more than 40 social workers across three states toward licensure and remains active in supervision. While teaching, she kept a therapy practice so she could stay current with therapeutic methods. That mix of classroom and clinic informs how she works with people now.

Sandra has written and presented on grief and bereavement and on mental health in health care settings. She has studied the mental health effects of natural disasters, including hurricanes and the recent pandemic. Those experiences shape her response to people dealing with sudden loss or major upheaval.

She has a particular focus on the stresses faced by health care professionals and those close to them, and she understands the pressures that can lead to burnout and compassion fatigue. She also works with a wide range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting stress, addiction, trauma, life purpose, and career questions.

Sandra’s approach draws on attachment-based, client-centered, existential, narrative, and Gottman-informed ideas. She aims to listen, notice patterns, and help people talk through practical changes. To begin, clients fill out a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site.

Approaches used in remote sessions and practical fit

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current connections. It looks at how trust, closeness, and distance show up in relationships and helps people notice and change repeating patterns. Client-centered therapy centers on the person’s experience in the moment. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients name what matters so they can make small changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sandra will collaborate with each person to identify what fits their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining attachment ideas with narrative or existential questions to address meaning, loss, or life purpose.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm which options are offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing a session during a work break or between caregiving tasks. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a practical check-in when video is difficult. Overall, remote sessions help people keep therapy consistent while balancing everyday responsibilities.