Sandra West
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
California therapists accepting new clients
Dr. John BucholtzLICSW · 24 years experienceStress, Anxiety · Self esteem · Coping with life changesWork with John
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About Sandra
I am licensed in California with 25 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, coping with grief and loss, & motivation, self esteem, and confidence. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
What Sandra helps with
- Coping with life changes
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Adoption and foster care
- Cancer
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Women's issues
How Sandra works
- Solution-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Sandra helped me feel seen and heard. So grateful for the opportunity to work with her.”
- “Very compassionate and professional therapist”
- “She has been helping my with tings I can do for myself”
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- “Sandra is kind and thoughtful. And a very unique Therapist. Her experience shows in her work.”
- “Supportive at all times yet able to call me on it when I stop making sense- just what I need!”
- “My therapist Sandra West combines different types of therapies. She has helped me release trauma that has been trapped in my body for decades. She is very compassionate and a gentle listener. I feel like I’m healing emotionally and physically working with her.”
- “Sandra has a powerful spiritual presence, and takes me to places inside myself that I can't access on my own. Bless her. She has helped me in deep ways.”
- “Very warm and welcoming”
- “Wonderful therapist.”
- “She is a lovely soul who is very empathic towards her patients”
- “I’ve only seen Sandra a few times but she has already made an impact on my life. Her exercises have helped me in ways I could not have imagined. I’m glad Sandra was appointed to me.”
- “First session with Sandra West was a success, felt super comfortable letting my emotions out with the exercise we did. I definitely feel like we’ll be going far, excited for more sessions!”
- “Sandra is warm and easy to talk to which in turn makes it easier for me to speak about things I normally wouldn't.”
- “She listens and for some reason when a professional gives me permission to move forward, it helps! She is obviously an expert in mental care and she relates well. ❤️”
- “Sandra challenges where I need to be challenged me. She isn’t a proverbial “yes man.” If you need correcting, she will do it, respectfully. That type of honesty and brevity is sorely missing in our world.”
These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.