Sara Collins, LMSW, is a child therapist who works with children, adolescents, and families navigating emotional, behavioral, and developmental challenges. She is deeply committed to creating therapeutic spaces where children feel safe, understood, and empowered to express themselves — recognizing that healing is most possible when a child feels genuinely met where they are.

Sara’s clinical approach is trauma-informed, strengths-based, and rooted in play. She works primarily from a client-centered, non-directive framework, following each child’s lead to foster autonomy, strengthen the therapeutic relationship, and support authentic emotional expression — particularly for children who may not yet have language for their experiences. She thoughtfully incorporates directive, play-based interventions when clinically indicated, always tailoring her approach to the child’s developmental level, temperament, and treatment goals.

In addition to play therapy, Sara integrates evidence-based modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and developmentally appropriate bilateral stimulation techniques to support emotional regulation, coping, and the processing of overwhelming experiences.

Her professional experience spans outpatient clinical, educational, and pediatric healthcare settings, where she has worked alongside children and families facing a wide range of concerns — from anxiety, depression, and trauma to emotional dysregulation, behavioral challenges, life transitions, attachment difficulties, and complex family dynamics. Sara places high value on caregiver collaboration and multidisciplinary partnership, working alongside families and care teams to ensure treatment is cohesive and responsive to the whole child.

Sara obtained her Master of Social Work from the University of Georgia in 2026 and is currently working toward licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and certification in play therapy, continuing to deepen her clinical skills in developmentally attuned care.

Outside of the office, Sara finds balance through travel, rollerblading, and hunting down the best local coffee shops with her husband. She is grounded by close relationships with family and friends and a genuine love of being outdoors — and carries that same sense of curiosity and presence into her ongoing personal and professional growth as a clinician.