Exceptional Clients,
Exceptional Care
Therapeutic Expertise for High-Achieving, Successful, High-Functioning Individuals and Their Families
Typical Clientele
Individuals, couples, and families who are seeking meaningful change and transformation can find a trusted partner in Sandra’s therapeutic services. Life situations that may appear financially ideal, like having or marrying into wealth, can often bring unexpected pressures and responsibilities leading to emotional challenges. Sandra has the unique skills and extensive experience required to understand and address the profound emotional impact these circumstances can have. Her approach is both compassionate and effective, supporting clients through crises or helping them enhance their overall well-being. Sandra brings decades of expertise with adults, geriatric populations, and adolescents into her tailored approach and deep understanding — making her the leading choice for her unique client base.
All appointments are on a very discrete, highly-protected tele-health platform.
Therapeutic Expertise
Through the supportive process of psychotherapy, individuals work with Sandra to navigate emotional challenges, foster personal growth, and enhance overall well-being. Sandra is dedicated to helping clients overcome a wide range of concerns.
Interpersonal, Behavioral, and Life-Stage Counseling
- Pre-marital counseling
- Divorce counseling
- Family therapy
- Parental therapy
- Co-parenting therapy
- Inheritance and legacy wealth management therapy
- Addiction
- Boundary management
- Medication referral assessments
Mood and Anxiety Disorders
- Mood disorders
- Bipolar disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Depression
- Phobias
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Burnout, executive burnout
Trauma, Dissociative, and Psychotic Disorders
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Grief and loss
- Trauma
- Dissociative disorders
- Paranoia
- Psychosis
- Schizophrenia
Therapeutic Treatment
Psychotherapy is a collaborative treatment that helps individuals overcome emotional difficulties, achieve personal growth, and improve their overall well-being. Among the various therapeutic approaches, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing are particularly effective for addressing a wide range of mental health issues. Combining these therapies in a way that is personalized to each individual’s needs ensures enduring and sustainable mental health.
Sandra Daignault, LCSW
A Pioneer in the Field of Psychotherapy
Sandra Daignault, LCSW is practicing licensed therapist, certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and is a certified trauma professional using EMDR therapy. Sandra has nearly 30 years of experience working in mental health and wellness as a licensed clinical therapist, serving all ages.
Along with her current private practice, for the last 10 years she has held the title of clinical director and lead therapist for a very exclusive residential program for highly-driven, successful adults and their families. The “top 1%” has become her specialty and niche over the last decade.
Sandra has professionally counseled some of the biggest names and leaders in the corporate world, celebrities in the music and creative industries, top influencers, along with their families, friends, and associates. Sandra has developed a very sophisticated and nuanced understanding of what it is like to be in a highly-competitive, high-success world while still struggling with issues of anxiety, depression, relationship problems, personality disorders, and substance abuse issues, to name a few.
Sandra originally began her career working with medically compromised and psychiatrically ill and disabled adults in their home. She provided individual and family psychotherapy, care management and resource-finding services along with crisis management in this job as a Clinical Coordinator and Lead Therapist. She trained many students who eventually went on to become successful therapists in the field.
After 6 years in this role, she was recruited to work at Yale Psychiatric Hospital where she stayed for 12 years to develop and implement what came to be known as the hospital’s most successful and effective group therapy program serving the adolescent, adult and geriatric populations. In this role, Sandra became the in-house expert on addiction and provided cognitive behavior therapy and dialectical behavior therapies to patients with mental health, physical health and substance use disorders. She was responsible for training residents in understanding the use of psychotherapy in the in patient hospital settings, training the front-line staff in providing the best supportive healthcare and behavioral healthcare.
As Yale Psychiatric Hospital’s lead therapist for 12 years, Sandra was awarded several special achievement awards throughout the years for her demonstrated excellence as an individual and group therapist with the highest rated patient satisfaction scores in the hospital. She also helped with research in the mental health field — gathering data from her direct clinical interventions — which proved to be some of the most highly-effective work at the hospital. She trained dozens of direct care workers in managing crisis intervention situations and provided mental health patients the care they deserve with dignity and respect.
Sandra Daignault offers unparalleled expertise and a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by high-achieving individuals and their families. With nearly 30 years as a mental health professional, her specialized knowledge makes her an exceptional choice for transformative therapy. Please reach out to Sandra to to explore how her unique expertise can benefit you.
Connect with Sandra
Sandra is here to answer your questions and provide the support you need. Reach out below or call (203) 715-5001 to start a conversation with her and explore how her expertise can help you.