Sarah Matas, LCSW
Licensed in Pennsylvania · 20 years in practice
Sarah Matas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people navigate major life transitions.
License and registration
- LCSW, Pennsylvania
- CW016566 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1992304455 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
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About Sarah
Sarah Matas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people navigate major life transitions. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, caregiver strain, and relationship and family concerns. Her work is grounded in respect for each person's strengths and life story.
Sarah draws on a human-centered approach that starts in the present moment. She listens first, then helps people identify patterns of thinking that get in the way.
Background and approach
When distorted or unhelpful thoughts are uncovered, she uses clear, doable strategies to shift them and reduce distress. She has extensive experience in hospice, medical home care, and long-term care settings. That background informs her approach to aging and geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life conversations, and the stresses faced by caregivers.
She also supports those dealing with divorce, blended family challenges, isolation, and midlife change. Sessions often combine client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused planning. Motivational interviewing is used when people want help setting goals or finding the energy to change habits.
The work is collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Sarah brings life experience as a mother, former single parent, grandmother, and caregiver to her clinical perspective. She aims to help people build new tools, shift unhelpful thinking, and move toward the everyday life they want.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sarah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Divorce and separation
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
Approaches Sarah names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Sarah uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person's strengths and priorities, offering a listening space where the client guides the goals. This approach helps people who need understanding, validation, and a place to sort through feelings before planning changes.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. CBT provides concrete tools to identify distorted thinking, test assumptions, and try small behavioral changes that reduce anxiety, panic, and low mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and situation, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. Decisions are based on needs, preferences, and what proves helpful in sessions.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people keep face-to-face discussion while joining from wherever they are. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins, written reflections, or support between fuller sessions. All of these options help make therapy fit into a day, a caregiving schedule, or life changes without adding long travel time.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she work with?
She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, and career or self-esteem issues. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life matters, and difficulties like OCD and panic.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is human-centered and practical. She starts in the present, listens for strengths, and uses clear strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of clinical experience, including work in hospice, medical home care, and long-term care settings.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) in Pennsylvania and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She works with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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