Portrait of Sarah Ince, a professional associated with Family First VA

Ms. Sarah Ince

Ms. Sarah Ince is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more‬ than 25 years’ experience in a range of settings. As a therapist, she‬ promotes client well-being with empathy, unconditional positive‬ regard, a sense of humor, and respect for individual‬ self-determination. Ms. Ince collaborates with clients to spotlight‬ their many inherent strengths and to use those strengths to mitigate‬ life challenges. Clients move forward to thrive with an enhanced‬ sense of self-worth, competence, and self-efficacy.‬ 

Ms. Ince graduated with honors from Princeton University and earned‬ her Master’s degree in Social Work at the Catholic University of America.‬ She has worked in medical, nonprofit, school, and mental health‬ environments, most recently as a clinical social worker with Fairfax‬ County Public Schools (FCPS) for 6 years and the Jewish Social Service‬ Agency (JSSA) for 10 years.‬

Ms. Ince provides therapy to children as young as five, adolescents, and‬ adults, addressing challenges and issues related to anxiety, depression,‬ emotional dysregulation, AD/HD, high functioning autism, parenting,‬ identity, grief and loss, LGBTQIA+, adoption, and adjustment. Ms. Ince‬ also specializes in working with children and adults dealing with‬ Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs), such as hair-pulling and‬ skin-picking. She strives to help her clients understand and value‬ themselves and to learn lifelong strategies to help themselves through‬ difficult times. In order to tailor an appropriate treatment plan for each‬ individual client, Ms. Ince draws from a range of therapeutic‬ approaches, including mindfulness, cognitive behavioral, dialectical‬ behavioral, psychoeducational, person-centered, emotionally focused,‬ and strengths-based approaches.‬ 

She emphasizes the mind-body connection and supports clients in‬ nurturing themselves both emotionally and physically. She works‬ side-by-side with clients to identify clear treatment goals, develop‬ concrete strategies to address the goals, and measure progress at‬ regular intervals.‬

Ms. Ince is married with two sons and two dogs. She enjoys travel,‬ reading, museum-going, camping, hiking, and birdwatching.‬