Sarah BachmaierLCSW

Sarah Bachmaier is a Florida licensed clinical social worker with nine years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She approaches each person with respect and curiosity and believes clients bring strengths that matter in therapy.

Sarah keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens for the patterns that make daily life harder and helps people try small changes that can make routines feel more manageable. When trauma or painful memories come up, she uses well-established methods to reduce distress and make hard memories easier to face.

People often come to her feeling stuck after a loss, an argument that won’t end, or long-term worry. She supports work on relationship problems such as communication and codependency, and on issues tied to body image, guilt, or feelings of emptiness. She also helps those coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, or life transitions in midlife.

Her style mixes practical coaching with therapies aimed at processing trauma and building motivation for change. She invites clients to set clear goals and to move at a pace that fits them. The focus is on small, steady steps toward greater calm and clearer choices.

If you’re nervous about starting, Sarah recognizes that first step takes courage. Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire to begin and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How EMDR and Motivational Interviewing translate to online work

EMDR helps people process upsetting memories by guiding attention while they recall the memory; it is often used for trauma and for memories that still cause strong reactions. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational approach that helps people clarify their goals and strengthen their own reasons for change, and it can be useful for addiction, lifestyle changes, or getting unstuck.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist discusses your goals and preferences with you and together you decide whether to lean into trauma processing, motivational methods, or a combination. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what you need now and what you want to try next.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit care into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing sessions from where you already are. Because specific session formats are not listed in the biography, confirm available formats before booking to match your schedule. Many people find online sessions helpful for shorter check-ins, regular weekly work, or when they need to balance appointments with caregiving or work commitments.