Sandra Graham, LPC, LPCC

Sandra Graham is a licensed counselor with 25 years of experience who helps people facing addiction, trauma, depression, anxiety, parenting strain, and family conflict. She practices in Tennessee and brings a steady, practical approach to everyday problems. Sandra speaks English and aims to make first steps feel manageable for busy families and individuals dealing with major life changes.

Her background includes work in a residential treatment center with children and adolescents ages 5 to 17, including those with co-occurring disorders and neurodevelopmental challenges. She has also worked in outpatient community mental health and provided home-based counseling. Those roles gave her long experience supporting people through grief, loss, low self-esteem, and relationship difficulties.

Sandra uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based work, client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness practices. She focuses on building on strengths and helping people find practical ways to cope and move forward. Sessions emphasize clear goals and skills that can be used between meetings.

Her work has included contact with military children and families, and she lists Service and civilian life among relevant contexts. Sandra describes the client as the expert in their own story and aims to be a steady guide through change. She encourages people who are nervous about starting therapy and supports gradual progress toward authentic, sustainable change.

How Sandra’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns and how early bonds shape current connections, which can help with family conflict and parenting concerns. Client-Centered Therapy creates a space where the person’s own goals guide the work and the therapist reflects understanding and acceptance.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. Sandra will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and daily realities, and together they will try approaches that feel useful. The work is collaborative and adjusted as needs change.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful for fitting therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules, keeping appointments when travel is hard, or choosing a quieter time of day. Therapists can also adapt activities for shorter check-ins, mindfulness practice, or skills coaching so sessions fit a client’s routine.