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Sally Townsend-Wellons

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Sally Townsend-Wellons, LCSW

Oklahoma

LCSW - Stress and Relationship Concerns

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Key details

  • CredentialsLCSW
  • LicenseLCSW, Oklahoma / 5367
  • NPI1194026567
  • Experience11 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationOklahoma

About

  • Anger management
  • CBT techniques
  • Narrative reframing

About Sally

Sally Townsend-Wellons is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Oklahoma with 11 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and anger among other areas. Sally aims to help adults who want clearer ways to handle strong feelings and relationship strain.

She emphasizes a straightforward, client-centered approach. That means listening first, then helping people notice what they do when feelings escalate. She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help change unhelpful thought patterns and reactions. Narrative therapy is used to help people reframe difficult experiences without minimizing them.

In work on trauma and abuse she draws on trauma-focused methods to address intense memories and their effects on daily life. Sessions often include pacing and grounding techniques alongside talks that make painful memories easier to manage over time. Sally also works with sleep disruption, grief, and long-term stress that wears people down.

She helps parents sort through the pressures of caregiving, blended family challenges, and communication problems. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, codependency, dissociation, and relationship breakup. Her approach combines listening with clear strategies you can try between sessions.

Sally accepts international clients and conducts therapy in English. To begin, people typically answer a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first meeting to set goals and practical next steps.

How sessions work

How her approaches guide online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. It helps people feel heard and identifies what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to respond differently to anger, anxiety, and stress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to decide which methods make the most sense for their goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can shift as sessions reveal what helps most.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people use quieter surroundings or audio-only sessions when that helps them focus. Sally uses the described therapeutic methods to structure online conversations and homework, so sessions aim to leave people with clear steps they can try between meetings.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

Relationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Sexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Narrative TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

11+ years

Listed in

Oklahoma

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of issues does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting questions, anger, depression, grief, sleep problems, and related concerns.

How would she describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is client-centered with practical elements. She listens first and then offers cognitive behavioral and narrative techniques to change patterns and tell a different story about problems.

How much experience does she have?

She has 11 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and with individual adults on relationship and emotional concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker licensed in Oklahoma and practices from that state.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.

What session formats does she use?

Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started with her?

Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling your first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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