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Sandra Faria is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor licensed in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts. She works primarily with adults across the lifespan, with a focus on women. Many of her clients are navigating new relationships, both romantic and non, motherhood, or just the day to day struggles of everyday life. Sandra is effective in working with clients through some of your most difficult times, whether it be anxiety, family issues, parenting struggles, or searching for more effective coping skills. She offers an open and non-judgmental approach to working with clients while providing compassionate and empathetic care to all of her clients through encouragement of self-care and self-compassion.
Sandra believes client's are the experts in their own lives and will follow the client's lead while also providing appropriate direction and support. Her fist priority is in building a trusting, non judgmental relationship where the therapeutic process can take place. Her treatment approach is mainly tailored to the client's needs while generally emphasizing on self-exploration, inner child work, and re-parenting work. She encourages the client to build self-esteem and she promotes self-awareness all to conduct change within the client.
Years of Experience: 13 years
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Communication issues - Developing effective interpersonal skills in relationships with partners, families, and co-workers; using healthy methods of communication to convey needs and respond to others
Family issues - Promoting communication and supporting family members to address challenges and reduce conflict and distress
Parenting - Helping parents develop and implement strategies to address challenges that arise throughout childrearing; managing stress and increasing support
Relationship issues - Understanding one’s wants and needs in relationships; exploring patterns of interaction, addressing concerns, and strengthening satisfaction in relationships and dating
Stress management - Strengthening effective ways of coping with the stress of life and change; managing expectations of self and others