Sara Griffith, LMFT - Therapist in California

About Sara

Sara Griffith is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who focuses on family and parenting concerns. She works with parents and caregivers facing the stress of adjustment to parenthood, postpartum struggles, and everyday family problems. Her tone is nurturing and practical, aiming to help families get unstuck and find clearer ways forward.

Sara draws on two decades of clinical work in California. She uses straightforward techniques to help people manage anxiety, depression, bipolar mood challenges, and ADHD symptoms that affect family life.

Background and approach

She also addresses trauma, grief, and relationship strains that affect parenting and household functioning. In sessions she pays attention to how past relationships shape current reactions. That attachment lens helps parents notice patterns they may be repeating with their children and partners.

Sara also leans on Motivational Interviewing to support change and Solution-Focused Therapy to identify small, doable steps toward better days. Her style aims to be positive and empowering. She helps clients find strengths they already have and build practical strategies for coping with stress and life changes.

Parents often work on improving routines, communication, and emotional responses that influence the whole family. Sara holds a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential, CA LMFT 33532, and offers care in English across formats like video, phone, chat, and messaging. The initial steps are simple: complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions that fit with therapist availability.

How attachment work and goal-focused therapy translate online

Sara uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current reactions. This approach helps parents notice patterns that affect parenting and family bonds and then try kinder, clearer ways of relating.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people identify their own reasons for change. That method focuses on small, workable steps and builds motivation without pressure. Solution-Focused Therapy helps clients spot strengths and set practical goals they can try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist partners with each client to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration helps shape session content and pace so work feels relevant and doable.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to attend around work and family demands, or to connect when leaving the house is difficult. Many parents find short, focused messaging or chat helpful for quick check-ins, while video or phone sessions allow deeper conversation and skill practice.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Solution-Focused Therapy

Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

Sara works with relationship and family challenges including parenting stress, postpartum depression, grief, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, trauma and other family problems.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach is nurturing and practical. She uses attachment ideas, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work to help clients set goals and take manageable steps.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She brings 20 years of experience as a therapist working with families and parenting-related issues in California and other regions.

What are her credentials and where is she licensed?

She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the California license CA LMFT 33532 and practices in California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can she work with international clients?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How do I begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Parenting issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 20 years
Licensed: California
Languages: English

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