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Sandra "Chalice" Ledet

Sandra "Chalice" Ledet

Oregon

Warm, steady therapy for relationship and sleep concerns

  • 30 years' experience
  • English
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Credentials
LCSW
License
LCSW, Oregon ยท L4453
NPI
1811104342
Based in
Oregon
  • Attachment-focused
  • Practical coping skills
  • Adult clients only

About Sandra

Sandra "Chalice" Ledet is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. She focuses on helping adults talk through relationship struggles, trauma, grief, and day-to-day changes. Sandra aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they think and feel.

She uses an approach that centers the client's experience and builds on attachment patterns and practical skills. Sessions often explore how past connections shape current relationships and how changing thoughts and behaviors can ease distress. Sandra also draws on techniques that teach emotion regulation and present-moment coping skills.

Many clients come for help with sleep and rest problems alongside anxiety, depression, or life transitions. Sandra listens for patterns that affect sleep and works with people to try new habits and ways of thinking that can improve rest. She addresses related concerns such as caregiving strain, chronic illness, addiction, and burnout from compassion fatigue.

Her work with intimacy issues, communication problems, and commitment worries focuses on small, doable changes. Sandra helps people practice clearer talking, set boundaries, and manage anger in healthier ways. She also supports people facing parenting strain, aging and caregiver stress, or the emotional fallout of separation and loss.

Sandra is based in Oregon and works in English. To begin, a simple sign-up process matches people to a clinician and schedules sessions according to availability.

How attachment and skills work translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how early connections shape today's relationships. Online sessions can use conversation and reflective exercises to notice patterns, try new ways of relating, and practice safer boundaries in daily life.

Client-centered therapy puts the person's experience first and follows their pace. In an online setting this often means the therapist listens closely, mirrors feelings, and helps people find their own solutions to problems like grief, relationship strain, or sleep disruption.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to see which methods fit their goals and situation, and will adjust over time based on what helps most.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people work on sleep routines and coping strategies from familiar surroundings without changing their routine.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)HypnotherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

30+ years

Credentials

Oregon

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Sandra help with?

Sandra helps adults with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, coping with life changes, sleep and rest concerns, addictions, depression, bipolar, ADHD, and related areas.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She combines client-centered listening with attachment-focused work and skills-based techniques to address emotions, behavior, and relationship patterns.

What is her professional background?

She is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of professional experience supporting adults through a wide range of challenges.

Where is she located and licensed?

She is licensed in Oregon and practices there.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she accept international clients?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How much do sessions cost and how are they billed?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What is the first step to start therapy?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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