- Trauma recovery
- Bilingual English Spanish
- Workplace wellbeing
About Sandra
Sandra Romero is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) who focuses on practical healing for people facing trauma, work stress, and life changes. She offers a calm, collaborative approach and aims to help clients feel heard while they build coping skills and emotional strength.
Sandra has four years of clinical experience working with adults who face anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, and the effects of domestic violence. Much of her practice centers on trauma recovery, building resilience, and improving relationships. She also supports people dealing with workplace issues and questions about life purpose.
She works in both English and Spanish and brings a bicultural perspective that can help when family expectations, immigration questions, or caregiving roles complicate emotional strain. Sandra describes her style as warm and compassionate, and she aims to create a space where cultural experience is understood rather than explained.
Sandra uses evidence-based techniques and teaches skills people can use outside sessions. She draws on methods that address thoughts, emotions, body responses, and relationships to reduce symptoms and promote steadier functioning. Sessions also include explanations of how stress and trauma affect the brain and nervous system, in plain language.
People who want to include Christian faith in their process can do so; she offers faith-sensitive counseling that respectfully weaves biblical perspectives with evidence-based work when requested. Sandra encourages a steady pace, focusing on realistic goals and practical tools that fit daily life.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Sandra commonly uses therapies that focus on thoughts, behavior, and bodily experience. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to values-based actions, which can reduce avoidance and increase meaningful engagement. Cognitive Processing Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful beliefs that follow trauma and can help reduce symptoms related to post-traumatic stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sandra will collaborate with each person to select techniques that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan over time so sessions feel useful and relevant.
If you prefer online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. It can also let people use different tools in sessions, such as mindfulness practices or guided breathing, that translate well to a remote setting.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
4+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
Sandra helps people with trauma and abuse, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and workplace issues. Additional focuses include attachment issues, caregiver stress, domestic violence, and post-traumatic stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm, compassionate, and collaborative. She uses evidence-based techniques and practical skill-building to help people manage symptoms and meet goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of clinical experience working with adults on anxiety, depression, trauma recovery, and relationship challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, licensed in California and practices there.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish to accommodate bilingual and bicultural needs.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and billed?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.