Sarah Bachmaier

Sarah Bachmaier is a Florida licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with nine years of professional experience. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She also supports clients facing life purpose questions and midlife concerns. Sarah speaks English and practices from Florida.

She frames sessions around what each person brings to the room. She starts by listening to current concerns and what matters most right now. From there she and the client choose practical steps that fit day-to-day life and personal goals. Sessions are straightforward and focused on problems people feel stuck on.

Sarah uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, to address intense or repeated trauma symptoms. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find and strengthen their own reasons for change. These methods are applied in ways that match the client’s experience and readiness.

Her work often addresses difficult life moments such as loss, betrayal, identity shifts, and challenges around caregiving or chronic illness. She helps people talk through feelings of emptiness, shame, or isolation, and practical issues like communication or control problems. Sarah aims to help people clarify what matters next, not to prescribe a single path forward.

To begin, the site’s matching process is used to schedule an initial session. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and cost varies with location.

How EMDR and Motivational Interviewing work in online sessions

EMDR is a trauma-focused approach that helps people process upsetting memories by using guided eye movements or similar bilateral stimulation while they recall difficult experiences. It is most often used for trauma, abuse, and intense distress tied to past events.

Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps people clarify what they want to change and strengthens their own reasons for taking steps. It can be useful for shifting patterns around substance use, motivation for treatment, or making life changes like career moves or role shifts during midlife.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide whether EMDR, Motivational Interviewing, or a mix of methods fits best based on the client’s needs, goals, and readiness. That choice can change as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break. Some formats also require less bandwidth or let people join without video when that better fits their routine.