Sarah Drobczyk , AASW

Sarah Drobczyk is an AASW social worker and counsellor with ten years of experience. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and anxiety, manage addictive behaviours, and cope with grief and major life changes. Sarah works with people who want clearer thinking, steadier moods, and better day-to-day coping skills.

Her approach is grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centred care, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Sarah helps people identify values, try small changes, and practise skills between appointments.

She has worked across a range of concerns including trauma and abuse, depression, sleep difficulties, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include cancer, chronic illness, caregiver stress and substance use challenges. Sarah aims to meet each person where they are and tailor strategies to practical needs.

In sessions she uses motivational interviewing to support change and elements of dialectical behaviour therapy when emotions feel overwhelming. The work blends hands-on coping tools with reflective conversation about life purpose and relationships. Sarah emphasises strengths and helps people build routines that support wellbeing.

People can expect clear steps, homework when it helps, and a steady, respectful pace. She invites honest conversation about what’s working and what isn’t, and adapts the plan as needs evolve.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take action in those directions. It uses simple exercises to notice thoughts and commit to values-based steps, which suits anxiety, stress and life-change goals. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical techniques to change patterns that maintain depression, worry or sleep problems. Mindfulness Therapy involves learning present-moment attention and gentle acceptance to reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through your goals, try a few strategies and adjust the plan based on what helps. Sessions are flexible and geared to your needs rather than a single method, so you can combine approaches as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls let you work face to face without travel, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work, and live chat or text-based messaging make regular check-ins easier between appointments. These formats make it simpler to practise skills in your everyday routines and keep therapy accessible around life commitments.