Fred Sacklow
Compassionate, practical therapy for complex life challenges
LCSW Florida
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Fred
Fred Sacklow is a Florida-based LCSW with 20 years of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
He brings focused, evidence-informed care to concerns including trauma and abuse, depression and bipolar mood challenges, addiction and substance-related problems, and struggles with self-esteem, grief, and intimacy. His practice also attends to complex interpersonal patterns such as attachment issues, codependency, control and commitment difficulties, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
His style blends practical skill-building with empathic exploration, drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Sessions emphasize collaboration, helping clients identify unhelpful patterns, develop coping strategies for anger, sleep, and eating concerns, and pursue clearer life purpose and career direction.
Fred aims to create a nonjudgmental space where clients can examine guilt and shame, process trauma, and build resilience. Working from Florida, he offers a mix of coaching and clinical work to support adjustments across life stages, including midlife concerns, men's issues, and veteran and armed forces related matters.
He communicates in English and uses his experience to tailor practical plans that fit each person’s circumstances.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Fred integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into his online practice. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and problematic habits. ACT emphasizes noticing internal experiences while committing to actions aligned with personal values, which can help with stress, avoidance, and life transitions.He also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy when interpersonal patterns and early relationship dynamics are central to a person's concerns; this approach explores relational patterns and supports building more stable connection strategies. Choosing the right approach is part of the work together - the therapist collaborates with each client to match methods to their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring to sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain consistency, integrate therapy into daily life, and access support from Florida without travel constraints. Licensed professionals can adapt these formats to provide skills practice, reflective conversations, and structured interventions suited to each person's situation.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English