About Saundra
Saundra Rankin helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She supports clients with self-esteem, motivation, grief, and life changes. Her work also includes issues around intimacy, sleep, anger, career challenges, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and LGBT-related concerns.
Rankin practices as a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC in Texas and has 23 years of professional experience. She views each person as the expert on their own story and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Taking a first step toward change can feel hard, and she focuses on clear, doable steps rather than jargon. In sessions she uses straightforward tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. She aims to make therapy practical so clients can use new skills between meetings.
Conversation is direct but caring, with an emphasis on realistic goals. Clients can expect a collaborative pace. The therapist listens first, then suggests approaches that fit each person's needs and daily life.
Progress is checked regularly to keep work focused and useful. Saundra offers several ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people pick what fits their schedule and communication style.
If someone prefers step-by-step, solution-focused work, she can tailor sessions to that approach.
CBT-based approaches and flexible online care
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice thoughts that make stress or low mood worse and try small behavior changes to feel better. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep troubles, anger, and managing day-to-day stress by breaking problems into clear steps.The therapist works in a strengths-based, collaborative way to find the best approach for each person. Together they will talk about needs, set realistic goals, and adjust methods when something is not working. Finding the right fit is part of the process and happens through regular check-ins and open conversation.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for a fuller face-to-face feel, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone wants a shorter check-in. Live chat and texting let people send updates or get support between sessions and can fit into busy days. These options make it simpler to keep a consistent schedule and to choose the format that matches how someone communicates best.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Louisiana
- Languages
- English