Sarah Schroeder-Lebec, LCSW

Sarah Schroeder-Lebec is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 20 years of experience working with individuals, families, and groups to improve coping, promote resilience, and achieve recovery.   A Chicagoland native, Sarah’s passion for social justice, psychology and holistic healing was evident from a young age. Sarah is also an alumna of the historic, Jane Addams College of Social Work at University of Illinois, Chicago.  In 2006, she obtained her Master’s in Social Work from the Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work, specializing in clinical social work with a psychodynamic orientation. Throughout her career in behavioral health, Sarah has provided individual, group, and family therapy to a diverse clientele with a range of mental health issues.  Her passion for knowledge and excellence in treatment led her to complete additional, specialized, training in multiple, evidenced-based, therapeutic interventions with a specific focus on trauma and recovery. Sarah is a trained practitioner of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as well as Hakomi Mindfulness-centered Somatic Psychotherapy.  She has extensive experience in treating parent/family issues, attachment difficulties, depression, sexual assault recovery, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, single and complex trauma, bipolar disorder, substance abuse/dependence, domestic violence, and schizophrenia. Sarah masterfully uses internal family systems (IFS) therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance commitment therapy (ACT), play therapy , mindfulness-based stress reduction, and trauma-informed care.  She joined CG Therapies as a resident psychotherapist in early 2018.