Sarah McGlashan, AASW

Sarah McGlashan is an AASW accredited social worker with six years of mental health experience. She works in a collaborative, strengths-based way to help people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. Sarah aims for practical changes that fit day-to-day life and makes small steps feel possible.

She uses a mix of approaches to suit each person. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on building skills for coping and confidence. Sarah listens without judgement and helps set realistic goals that can be tried between meetings.

Her work covers relationship worries, career stress, major life changes and recovery after trauma or abuse. She also supports people dealing with mood disorders, postpartum depression, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and women’s issues. Social anxiety, phobia and questions of life purpose are included among her focus areas.

Practically, Sarah draws on client-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural tools, dialectical behaviour strategies, mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing. These are used in clear, understandable ways so clients can apply them outside sessions. The priority is making therapy useful and relevant to everyday problems.

People who prefer a grounded, goal-oriented counsellor may find her approach helpful. Sarah aims to build resilience and practical coping, while working at a pace that suits each person.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Client-centred therapy places the client's priorities first and encourages the therapist to follow the person's lead; it helps when someone needs a respectful, listening space to talk through problems and decide what matters most. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small changes in behaviour to ease anxiety and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together they will try methods that feel helpful and adjust the plan as needed so sessions stay practical and relevant.

Confirm what session formats are currently offered before booking, since this profile does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people use mindfulness exercises, behavioural experiments and skills practice from home while keeping the focus on everyday life and recovery.