Sara Sheikh, LCSW-C, LICSW, RYT-500

About

Clinical Social Work/Therapist in Washington, DC. Works with Anxiety, Trauma and PTSD and Grief. Sees clients in person and online. Takes Kaiser Permanente. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Anxiety
• Trauma and PTSD
• Grief
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Family Conflict
• Life Transitions
• Parenting
• Racial Identity
• Relationship Issues
• Self Esteem
• Stress Management

Types of therapy

• Attachment-basedLooks at early bonds with caregivers and how they shape relationships and emotions now, and works toward a greater sense of safety and connection.
• BrainspottingA newer trauma therapy that uses where a person looks, held at fixed points, to help reach and process distressing feelings.
• Clinical Supervision and Licensed SupervisorsNot a therapy for clients: this therapist supervises other clinicians, for example those working toward their license.
• Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)A structured, practical therapy that looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions affect each other, and teaches skills for changing unhelpful thinking and habits.
• Culturally SensitiveTakes a person's culture, identity, background and values into account, and shapes the work so it fits their life.
• EMDREye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. A structured trauma therapy in which a person recalls distressing memories while following side-to-side eye movements or taps.
• Expressive ArtsUses several creative forms, such as art, music, movement, writing or drama, to explore feelings and experiences.
• Family / MaritalTherapy with couples or families together, focused on communication, conflict and the patterns between people.
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)Sees the mind as made of different 'parts', and helps people understand and care for them from a calm, compassionate core 'Self'.
• Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO)
• MulticulturalRecognizes how culture, race, ethnicity and other identities shape experience, and makes them part of the work.
• PsychodynamicExplores how past experiences, relationships and feelings outside awareness shape how a person thinks and acts today.
• RelationalSees relationships as central to well-being. The relationship with the therapist is used to understand and change patterns in other relationships.
• SomaticBody-focused therapy that pays attention to physical sensations, posture and breathing, on the view that stress and trauma are held in the body as well as the mind.
• Trauma FocusedTherapy for people affected by trauma. Puts safety and pacing first, and helps process painful memories so they have less hold on daily life.

More details

Sessions

Both in-person and online

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Anxiety, Trauma and PTSD, Grief, Coping Skills, Depression, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, First & Second Generation Immigrant Experience, Legacy/Cultural Burdens, LGBTQ+, Life Transitions, Marital and Premarital, Mood Disorders, Parenting, Racial Identity, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Spirituality, Stress, Women's Issues

Insurance

Kaiser (Out-of-Network), Out of Network

Fees

Individual sessions $225, couple sessions $245; sliding scale available

Payment methods

American Express, Cash, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa

Ages

Teen, Adults

Works with

Individuals, Couples, Family

Communities

Bisexual Allied, Blind Allied, Gay Allied, Immuno-disorders, Non-Binary Allied, Queer Allied, Racial Justice Allied, Single Parent

Ethnicity

Asian

Religion

Hindu

Languages

English

Gender

Female

Education

Univ. of Maryland, School of Social Work

Years in practice

13

Other offices

Washington, 20001

Education & qualifications