Sandra 'Sandy' Vado, NCPS

Sandra 'Sandy' Vado helps people facing addictions, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and LGBT concerns. She also supports people coping with life changes, parenting strain, intimacy questions, self-esteem struggles, career decisions and ADHD. Sandy welcomes conversations in English, Spanish, French and Haitian Creole. She has nine years of professional experience and holds NCPS as a credential. Sandy aims to make sessions a calm place to talk without judgement. She encourages open expression of feelings and thoughts. The first step can feel hard, and she focuses on making that step easier to take. Her style centres on listening and responding to what each person brings. She uses client-centred work to follow the conversation where it matters most. Attachment-based ideas guide discussions about trust and closeness in relationships. For people affected by traumatic events, trauma-focused methods are part of her approach. These methods focus on understanding what happened and reducing its hold on daily life. Sandy explains options clearly and works at a pace chosen by the person she is supporting. She helps people identify practical steps they can try between sessions. That might include communication exercises, small behavioural experiments, or ways to manage urges and stress. Sandy invites people to explore what they want to change and to set realistic goals together.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings about closeness and safety. Online sessions can be used to talk through trust, boundaries and communication patterns that affect adult relationships. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person in front of the counsellor. In an online setting this approach gives space for people to lead the conversation and be heard in their own words. Trauma-Focused Therapy works on understanding and processing distressing events so they have less impact on daily life; it emphasises pacing and practical coping skills that people can use between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels comfortable, then suggest which methods might fit best. That choice is made together and can change as progress develops.

Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online therapy can help fit sessions into busy days, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or offering sessions when arranging in-person visits is difficult. It also lets people work from a quieter place, choose whether to use video or audio, and focus on practical skills they can apply between meetings.