Sara Saiger, LCSW, CSW

Sara Saiger is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and CSW with 15 years of experience supporting adults and older adults facing mental health and substance use challenges. She brings a long history of hands-on clinical work, including five years as the Clinical Supervisor of a crisis center, more than a decade as a Behavioral Health Therapist in psychiatric settings, and over three years earlier in her career as a Clinical Care Coordinator and therapist for an inpatient substance abuse program.

Sara completed her undergraduate studies at the University at Buffalo in Health and Human Services with a minor in Sociology, and earned her Master of Social Work from the University of South Florida in 2005. She emphasizes a person-centered outlook, blends solution-focused strategies, and regularly uses motivational interviewing to help clients identify goals and build practical steps toward change. The LCSW credential indicates she is a licensed clinical social worker and the CSW denotes her clinical social work training.

Known for a compassionate, pragmatic, and nonjudgmental style, she concentrates on addictions, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, relationship and family concerns, grief and parenting challenges, and issues common to aging populations. She works collaboratively with each person to develop a tailored plan that respects their unique circumstances and strengths. Sara looks forward to partnering with individuals as they work through current struggles and pursue meaningful improvement.