Edna Sanders, LCSW

Edna Sanders is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 14 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She practices in Indiana and focuses on clear, practical steps people can use right away. Her work centers on listening closely and building a plan that fits each person’s situation.

She often helps people who struggle with self-esteem, communication problems, and relationship stress. That includes dealing with grief, career strain, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to trauma and abuse. She also supports people facing addiction, sleep problems, anger, and the stress of caregiving.

Edna uses several approaches in her work, including client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior therapy skills, emotionally focused ideas, and mindfulness practices. In sessions she aims to blend these so people learn tools they can use outside the room. She explains techniques in plain language and checks in about how things are working.

Her background includes attention to multicultural concerns and challenges faced by veterans and people coping with attachment or abandonment wounds. She brings 14 years of practice to help people sort through painful experiences and build steady routines. Edna values practical goals and steady progress.

People who choose her often want a calm, straightforward therapist who listens and offers concrete strategies. To begin, clients complete a brief intake questionnaire and schedule a first session according to availability.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Edna commonly draws on client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening carefully and helping people make sense of their own goals and values, which helps when someone needs a steady, nonjudgmental space to talk. Cognitive behavioral therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions, and teaches clear tools for changing unhelpful patterns like anxiety or low mood.

She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy, which teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. Together these approaches let a therapist offer both understanding and hands-on strategies. Finding the right mix is part of the process, and she will work with each person to decide which approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences in a collaborative way.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit therapy into a workday, reduce travel time, have shorter check-ins when needed, and choose whether to be on camera. Licensed professionals can tailor tools like CBT worksheets, mindfulness exercises, and DBT skills training to an online setting to help clients practice between sessions.