Sandra Terifaj , LMFT

Sandra Terifaj is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 35 years of experience working in private practice and providing training and supervision to interns at various non profit agencies. She focuses on helping people identify and work through the emotional pain and obstacles that can keep them from living the life they want, guiding the therapeutic process with empathy and professional expertise.

Sandra emphasizes collaboration, partnering with each person to select interventions that match their needs. Her clinical work draws on client-centered, psychodynamic, and cognitive behavioral techniques to support healing, resolution, and personal growth. She aims to create a space where clients can explore underlying patterns and develop practical strategies for change.

Throughout her career Sandra has balanced direct clinical work with teaching and supervision, bringing both practical experience and a reflective approach to treatment. As an LMFT she specializes in addressing relational and individual concerns, helping people move toward greater clarity, coping, and well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Sandra Terifaj draws on client-centered therapy to place the client's perspective at the center of treatment, offering a supportive stance that helps people explore feelings and values and build self-awareness. This approach is useful for relationship concerns, self esteem issues, and navigating life transitions.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns and to develop practical coping strategies. CBT can be effective for anxiety, depression, stress management, and habits related to addictions or eating concerns.

Psychodynamic therapy is another tool in her practice, aimed at uncovering deeper patterns and past influences that shape current struggles, which can be helpful for trauma, codependency, and complex relational dynamics.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sandra works collaboratively with each person and with licensed professionals as needed to determine the best fit based on individual goals, needs, and preferences, adjusting methods over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical benefits through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to access care from different locations and to fit sessions into busy schedules. These remote options support continuity of work and flexible ways to engage in therapy with a licensed therapist.