Sally Press, LPCC

Sally Press is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) based in California who brings a person-centered, strengths-based style to her therapeutic work. She creates a warm, supportive environment where adults, children, adolescents, and families can explore emotions, improve communication, and build practical coping skills. Sally uses evidence-based interventions tailored to each client's needs to address concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, personality-related challenges, relationship difficulties, and behavioral issues.

Sally emphasizes collaboration and respect for each person's experience, helping clients identify strengths and develop concrete tools to manage symptoms and navigate life transitions. Her practice includes focused support for issues like attachment and abandonment, caregiver stress, blended family dynamics, body image, and problems with impulsivity, isolation, or self-esteem. She also works with those affected by divorce or separation and with individuals seeking greater clarity about life purpose.

With a particular understanding of developmental needs in at-risk youth, Sally works with children and adolescents as well as adults to create age-appropriate interventions. Her approach is informed by real-world concerns and aims to make therapy relatable and useful day to day. After becoming a mother, Sally pursued this work to bring meaningful, purpose-driven support to others.

In an initial session clients can expect a welcoming atmosphere, a brief clinical history, and an assessment of goals and reasons for seeking therapy. Building rapport is central to her first meetings, and subsequent care is shaped collaboratively to reflect each client's priorities and progress.

Person-Centered and Strengths-Focused Care Online

Sally practices a person-centered approach that prioritizes the client's perspective and fosters a supportive space for self-exploration. This method helps people better understand their emotions, improve communication, and make changes that reflect their values and goals. She also uses a strengths-based orientation, identifying personal resources and skills clients already possess and building on them to address anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and behavior concerns.

In addition, Sally applies evidence-based interventions when appropriate, tailoring techniques to each client's situation and developmental needs. These flexible strategies aim to be practical and goal-oriented, helping clients develop tools to manage symptoms and life transitions in everyday contexts. Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Sally works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences.

Online therapy with Sally offers practical flexibility - sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone conversations, live chat, or text-based messaging. This range of options makes it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, access care from different locations within California, and maintain continuity of care when circumstances change.