Sara Torres , LCSW

Sara Torres is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Utah with seven years of professional experience supporting people through addiction, trauma, and mental health concerns. She focuses on the overlap of substance use, trauma, and psychiatric symptoms, meeting each person with acceptance and practical support as they move through recovery and life transitions. Sara emphasizes the strengths a person already has and builds on those capacities to foster stability, healthier coping, and improved well-being.

Working within a trauma-informed framework, she applies evidence-based techniques tailored to each individual’s needs, aiming to offer trauma-specific care that respects where a person is in their journey. Her practice centers on compassionate, high-quality interventions designed to empower clients with the tools and strategies needed to create a meaningful and fulfilling life. Sara provides services in both English and Spanish and maintains a focus on addictions, trauma and abuse, mood and personality-related concerns, and difficulties such as anxiety, depression, grief, and coping with life changes.

Trauma-Informed and Evidence-Based Care Delivered Online

Sara Torres works from a trauma-informed framework that recognizes how past wounds affect current thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. This approach prioritizes safety, respect, and pacing to help people process traumatic experiences and reduce their impact on daily life.

She also applies evidence-based techniques specifically aimed at addiction and mood-related concerns. These methods focus on practical skills for managing cravings, regulating emotions, and rebuilding routines, which can support recovery and reduce relapse risk. In addition, Sara uses skills-based coping strategies to address stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms by teaching concrete tools clients can use between sessions.

Finding the right approach is collaborative; Sara partners with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, adjusting methods as progress unfolds. Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes this collaboration more accessible, allowing sessions to fit into busy schedules and reach people who may not be able to attend in person. These options offer flexibility in how and when clients engage in care while preserving the therapeutic focus on meaningful change.