Sarika Griffin , LCSW, LISW

Sarika Griffin is a licensed therapist who supports people facing complex life challenges with trauma-informed, culturally aware care. She focuses on relationship dynamics, trauma recovery, and personal growth, helping clients navigate issues such as self-esteem, life transitions, attachment concerns, and emotional resilience. Her work emphasizes practical coping strategies and the development of healthier relational patterns.

Sarika brings particular experience supporting young adults, women, and individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds, honoring the ways identity and context shape each person’s experience. She attends to the intersections of background, lived experience, and mental health to provide affirming, strength-based guidance tailored to individual needs.

In therapy she creates a space for exploring self-love, addressing isolation, and processing difficult emotions so clients can heal from past wounds and move toward greater purpose and connection. She holds LCSW and LISW credentials - LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and LISW is a Licensed Independent Social Worker - and her practice centers on empathy, collaboration, and evidence-informed approaches to promote sustainable healing and growth.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support for Relationship and Trauma Work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early connections influence current relationships. It helps people understand patterns of closeness and distance, and supports healthier ways of relating to partners, family members, and oneself.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) addresses the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It offers practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and build skills for managing anxiety, mood changes, and stress-related symptoms.

Sarika approaches treatment collaboratively, recognizing that finding the right method is part of the process. She works with clients to identify goals and preferences, and together they select strategies that fit the client’s needs and life circumstances, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexibility for those balancing work, caregiving, or geographic constraints. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow clients to engage in therapy in ways that suit their schedule and comfort level while maintaining continuity of care and regular progress toward goals.