Clinical Social Work Practice – Sara Todd, LCSW
Sara Todd, LCSW, operates a psychotherapy practice out of 2002 Atwood Ave, Suite 211, Madison, Wisconsin 53704. Todd holds the credential of Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been engaged in mental health work since 2008, with a formal psychotherapy practice established since 2013. In addition to in-person sessions at the Madison office, teletherapy is available to clients in Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Oregon, extending reach beyond the immediate Madison area.
The clinical framework centers on psychoanalytic psychotherapy integrated with mindfulness approaches. Sessions are provided in individual format. The stated therapeutic orientation emphasizes understanding the root causes of difficulties through increased self-awareness, with the aim of helping clients recognize and interrupt repetitive patterns in their lives and relationships. The practice describes its methodology as one that prioritizes clients’ emotional experience and works toward greater authenticity, more meaningful relationships, and increased personal agency over time.
The work described is depth-oriented rather than short-term or structured-protocol-based. The practice uses a psychoanalytic lens that centers on deep care and curiosity as vehicles for understanding emotional pain, positioning the therapeutic relationship as a central and sustained part of the clinical work. This orientation is described as attending to the ways unconscious patterns and early relational experiences shape present-day functioning, with the goal of making those patterns more visible and available for change.
Specialties and populations served include depression, acute and relational trauma, LGBTQ+ issues, grief, loss and mourning, eco and social and political grief, chronic illness, chronic pain, childhood emotional neglect, anxiety, and college students. Mindfulness is integrated into the treatment approach and is listed as a distinct area of focus. The breadth of specialty areas indicates service to a range of adults navigating both clinical and life-circumstance concerns.
Sara Todd’s website notes more than a decade and a half of involvement in mental health work, spanning direct practice and clinical social work training. Contact information includes phone number 920-215-1254 and email sara@saratoddtherapy.com. Online scheduling is available through the website. Insurance acceptance and specific session fee information are not stated on the page.