Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Sara works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Sara
Sara Tinker, LCSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and relationship struggles. She draws on 26 years of clinical work to offer steady, honest support. Her approach is warm and interactive, focused on building trust and practical steps forward.
She uses attachment-based and client-centered ways of working to help people feel heard and understood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are part of her toolbox for managing strong emotions and improving coping.
Background and approach
Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas guide work on close relationships and intimacy-related concerns. Sara has a long history of working with trauma, grief, addictions, and complex health-related stress. That background shows up in how she helps people sort through tough life changes and chronic illness challenges.
She pays attention to both emotional patterns and daily habits that keep problems stuck. In sessions she focuses on clear, doable strategies and on strengthening relationships with self and others. She also addresses attachment wounds, abandonment fears, and codependency in ways people can apply between sessions.
Her goal is to help people build steadier emotional reactions and better communication. Sara practices in Tennessee and brings years of varied professional experience to each conversation. She emphasizes respect, dignity, and practical problem solving.
People who want a thoughtful, experienced clinician to help with anger, relationship strain, parenting pressures, or mood concerns often find her style straightforward and compassionate.
What Sara works with
Everything Sara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Sara's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sara lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and emotional responses. It helps people notice patterns of closeness and distance and practice different ways of connecting that feel safer and more satisfying.Client-centered therapy centers the conversation on the person in front of the therapist. The clinician listens without judgment, reflects what is heard, and helps the person find their own solutions for stress, identity concerns, and life transitions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for handling intense feelings and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It can be especially useful for managing anger, impulsive reactions, and high emotional arousal.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then shape sessions around those choices. People often try a mix of methods and adjust as they learn what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when lower bandwidth or not being on camera is preferred. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick skill coaching, or people who express themselves better in writing.
These online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and keep regular contact during life changes.
Questions people ask about Sara
What kinds of problems does she address?
Sara works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship problems, addictions, and trauma-related issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is warm and interactive, focused on listening, building trust, and teaching practical skills for managing emotions and improving relationships.
How long has she practiced clinically?
She brings 26 years of professional experience providing mental health support in a variety of settings.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is licensed in Tennessee and holds the credential LCSW, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different communication needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.