Sally Millsap, LCSW

Licensed in California · 30 years in practice

Sally Millsap is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience helping people through family stress, trauma, grief, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, and addiction.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 28304 · expires May 2027
NPI: 1649868043 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 30
Languages: English

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About Sally

Sally Millsap is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience helping people through family stress, trauma, grief, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She works with people facing life transitions, relationship and intimacy issues, eating concerns, anger, and career stress. Her plain, steady style aims to make hard conversations easier to start and keep moving forward.

Sally began with a Bachelor of Social Work from Graceland College and earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Iowa.

Background and approach

Much of her career has been in medical social work, including work with stroke, spinal cord, and head injury patients in a rehabilitation setting. She has also supported high-risk obstetrics and neonatal intensive care unit families, including parents of drug-exposed infants.

After moving to California 13 years ago, she joined a children’s hospital where she has worked on a Child Protection Team and co-facilitated a grief support group. She also supports parents of children with chronic medical issues and people navigating major life changes. Those roles shaped her skill at helping people manage sudden or ongoing medical and family stress.

Sally uses clear, goal-focused conversations and practical steps in sessions. She draws from acceptance and commitment ideas, client-centered listening, solution-focused tools, and trauma-focused methods to match what a person needs in the moment. Her approach is calm, direct, and respectful of each person’s background.

She offers services in English and works with a wide range of ages and cultural backgrounds. Sally practices in California as an LCSW and is experienced supporting people through complex medical and family-related issues.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Sally lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Parenting issues
Coping with life changes
Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Anger management
Career difficulties
Depression
Aging and geriatric issues
Blended family issues
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Infidelity
Postpartum depression
Pregnancy and childbirth
Sexual assault and abuse
Traumatic brain injury

Approaches Sally names

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Online support

How these approaches translate to online work

Sally commonly draws on acceptance and commitment ideas and trauma-focused work during online sessions. Acceptance and commitment approaches help people clarify what matters to them and practice small, doable steps toward those values. This can help with anxiety, depression, and coping through life changes. Trauma-focused work concentrates on safety, paced processing, and skills to manage strong reactions, which is useful after abuse, assault, or medical trauma.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then try techniques that fit the situation. That plan can change over time as needs shift, and sessions will include checking in about what is working and what should be adjusted.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls are good when visual cues matter and a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging work for brief check-ins, coping reminders, or ongoing support between longer sessions.

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Questions people ask

What issues does she help with?

Sally supports people facing family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions among other concerns.

What is her approach in therapy?

She uses a calm, goal-focused style that blends listening with practical steps. Sessions often include problem-solving, values work, and planning small changes to test between meetings.

How long has she worked in social work?

She brings three decades of experience as a social worker, much of it in medical settings and hospital-based teams.

Where is she licensed and based?

She practices in California and holds the LCSW credential from that state.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and she also works with international clients.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does pricing work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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