Debra Sarno, LCSW

Debra Sarno is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with 30 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, anger, mood disorders, and workplace issues.

Sarno trained at the Columbia University School of Social Work and completed programs with the New York Milton H. Erickson Society for Psychotherapy and Hypnosis. She has also worked as a school social worker and in clinics and hospitals, bringing a range of settings into her practice experience.

Her work combines Client-Centered Therapy with practical tools drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. Mindfulness techniques and hypnotherapy are also part of her approach. Sessions focus on concrete steps and strategies people can use between meetings.

In sessions she helps people identify patterns that feed anger and frustration. She also addresses related issues such as coping with life changes, low self-esteem, caregiver stress, and chronic illness. Conversations aim to clarify short-term goals and build manageable skills for daily life.

Sarno describes therapy as a collaborative process. She and the client develop a treatment plan that fits the client’s goals and day-to-day realities. People who want practical ways to handle anger, reduce reactivity, or improve communication may find this approach useful.

How these approaches are used in online sessions