Casey Sbat, LPC

Casey Sbat is a licensed therapist practicing in Pennsylvania who offers online counseling through the the platform platform. She holds the LPC credential - Licensed Professional Counselor - and is board certified through the National Board for Certified Counselors (NCC), a professional certification demonstrating additional training and standards. Casey brings a long history in mental health work that began after earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology and criminal justice in 2009 and continued through roles supporting children and families in their homes as a Therapeutic Staff Support.

She worked as a Crisis Intervention Specialist in an emergency room setting from 2014 to 2019, providing assessment and care for people in acute situations. After completing a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, she has served as a counselor since 2015 across emergency room, outpatient, community, school, and residential treatment settings. That range of experience includes individual, family, and group counseling as well as crisis intervention.

Casey has supported clients facing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, schizophrenia, conduct disorder, adjustment challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and relationship issues, career concerns, ADHD, sleep problems, anger, and compassion fatigue. She typically applies cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients connect thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and uses motivational interviewing to build motivation for change. Working from a strengths-based, client-centered perspective, she focuses on resilience and practical skills to help people move from where they are to where they want to be.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Casey commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy - a practical approach that explores the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to help people change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and mood instability. Motivational interviewing is another method she employs - a collaborative conversation style that helps people resolve mixed feelings and find internal motivation to make changes, useful for habits, ambivalence, and readiness for treatment. She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes the client’s strengths and personal perspective and supports growth through empathy and validation.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Casey works collaboratively with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then adjusts methods over time to match changing needs and progress.

Online therapy with Casey is offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, make it easier to maintain continuity during life transitions, and allow people to access care from home or other convenient locations while working with a trained therapist.