About Sabrina
Sabrina Giwa helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC with 15 years of experience and works from Missouri. Her approach aims to make therapy practical and understandable for everyday life.
Sabrina focuses on clear, step-by-step strategies that people can use between sessions. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Mindfulness tools are offered to reduce overwhelm and improve sleep and emotional regulation. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods guide short-term goals and small changes when people feel stuck. Trauma-focused techniques are part of her work for those coping with past abuse or sexual assault.
Sabrina also addresses anger, self-esteem, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue in her practice. Her practice attends to multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, and the stresses that come from military or veteran backgrounds. She supports people dealing with guilt, shame, forgiveness, and the specific challenges of drug and alcohol addiction.
Sessions emphasize respectful listening and practical next steps. People who choose Sabrina can expect a warm, collaborative style with an emphasis on skills and real-life problem solving. She offers a straightforward process for getting started and will adapt the plan as progress is made.
Language of sessions is English and work is conducted with the needs of the individual in mind.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. It gives the client space to lead conversation while the therapist reflects and supports their self-directed goals. This approach helps when someone needs validation, clearer self-understanding, or help making choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete steps to change thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety, depression, insomnia, or problematic coping. Sessions often include practical exercises and small homework tasks to try between meetings so people can see measurable change.
Mindfulness Therapy introduces attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation. These skills can help with stress, sleep problems, and overwhelming emotions after trauma.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences, and will adjust the plan if something isn’t working. Clients are invited to give feedback so the work stays relevant.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from another location, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging support shorter check-ins and quick skill reminders. These options give practical flexibility while keeping the focus on progress and skill building.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Kansas, Washington
- Languages
- English