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Sandi Hines, LCSW

Stress, Anxiety Relationships Family conflicts Depression Coping with life changes
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About me

My name is Sandi Hines, LCSW, CCTP. I am a licensed therapist in the State of Tennessee. My focus is working with clients who are experiencing depression, anxiety, panic attacks, anger, self-esteem issues, communication difficulties in relationships, as well as young adulthood issues. In addition, I have extensive experience working with collective and complicated grief, family, marriage and relationship trauma and stress.

My approach is an easy going, eclectic one that is adapted for each client. I utilize a variety of therapeutic modalities combining Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Family Systems Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy to help you manage anxiety, panic attacks, depression and anger issues. I also utilize Solution Focused Therapy coupled with Problem Solving strategies that enable you to focus on ways to improve your life while discovering new things about yourself. We will focus on learning skills and coping techniques that will lead you to feel more confident, relaxed and more in control of your thoughts, feelings and emotions. One of my goals is for you to have happier, heathier relationships and be at peace with self. At times we may incorporate mindfulness and relaxation techniques that you can use to find ways to successfully cope with your stressors, manage your depression and anxiety, reduce frustration and anger, and reconcile losses so you can move forward in life.

My style is friendly and person centered. I approach every client as a unique, individual person and provide an environment where you can trust me to be genuine, open-minded and non-judgmental. As your therapist I will actively listen to your life story, your thoughts and your feelings. Together we will explore and identify your strengths while increasing your resiliency as we learn to use coping strategies that enhance your ability to handle life's ups and downs.

In our sessions, we will talk about your truths and what is important to you as we discover the person you want to be! These sessions will enable you to become more self aware, strengthen your self-worth and increase your self-esteem!

My goal is to provide you with a safe and caring atmosphere that is centered on helping you make the positive changes in your life that are important to you, so you can live the life that you have always wanted to live!

I look forward to meeting you and walking this journey beside you.

Professional experience

17yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Relationships Family conflicts Depression Coping with life changes

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Divorce and separation, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems

Services offered

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License information

TN LCSW 7126

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Sandi Hines. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

Sandi is a great person to talk to, felt like we had done this plenty of times before even though it was my first time going to therapy!

Written on Oct 03, 2024 after therapy with Sandi for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes

Wonderful person, great listener. Allowed me to express myself and prompted me with some great questions. She was a real help during a difficult time.

Written on Sep 20, 2024 after therapy with Sandi for 3 months on issues concerning addictions, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes

Sandi is amazing! Went to therapy on and off for years and never could find a good therapist that “got me” and felt safe with. Sandi was a god send and I was so delightfully surprised to find we have common interests beyond the emotional issues listed that I needed help with. Her knowledge is wide ranging and she’s very cheerful, insightful, great listener, creative and kind. She has helped me in many ways including my creative expression and healing from a toxic relationships, acceptance, understanding the cause of and mediating anger, grief of my father etc. I enjoy every session w Sandi. I leave feeling more positive and understanding of myself and others. Sandi is the best!

Written on Sep 11, 2024 after therapy with Sandi for 1 year and 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue

Sandi has been a godsend to me for the last few months. She sees where I need help and turns my focus to ways I can improve. I've been through some serious challenges the last 9 months, and her ability to listen, give feedback, support, and direction has been a massive help to my mental well-being.

Written on Jul 08, 2024 after therapy with Sandi for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, self esteem, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd

Sandi has been wonderful! She brings a new perspective to my life situations and gives me tools to handle them. Thinking in a different way and trying new things to help heal myself. Love her. ❤️

Written on Jun 20, 2024 after therapy with Sandi for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes

She is very professional and has helped me break my poor framing habits by addressing them with me during our conversations in a very clear but natural way.

Written on Jun 12, 2024 after therapy with Sandi for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, anger management, career difficulties, and adhd