You’ve made it this far, perhaps you've bookmarked a few websites trying to decide if it is time to work with a trained therapist. It sometimes takes time, always takes courage, and often takes a lot of suffering before many reach out for help. You may feel restless or dissatisfied with life, like something is missing or not quite right. You might feel anxiety looming around every corner, sometimes it takes total control. You wonder what happiness even means. You are faced with something that you are struggling to figure out on your own, at work, at home, or in your relationships.
This can be a lonely and scary place.
Friends and family may be great listeners and good supports (if you're lucky), but they are not always neutral. There is a history in place, perhaps an investment in you making certain decisions. Distraction works too....sometimes...but we might wrestle with the empty feelings at the end of the Netflix marathons, the nights of a "little too much", super long days at work, or the hours mindlessly surfing the internet or swiping our ever present phones.
You don’t have to face this alone. I can help you.
I help people to reconnect to themselves, the authentic, strong, wise parts of themselves that have been muted or drowned out by life, with its accompanying trials and traumas. I work with people who yearn to be real—instead of perfect. People who are longing to feel more connected both to themselves, and to others. People who want to have more control over those inner critics that are running the show and blocking what they want and who they want to be. I will help you to tell your stories and truths, the ones that have shaped you, the ones that have hurt you, and the ones you long to inhabit. I can help you to shift the relationship to the suffering you are experiencing.
It can feel better.
For your free 15 minute phone consultation and to set up an appointment:
Call: 415-572-9217
Email: [email protected]
This can be a lonely and scary place.
Friends and family may be great listeners and good supports (if you're lucky), but they are not always neutral. There is a history in place, perhaps an investment in you making certain decisions. Distraction works too....sometimes...but we might wrestle with the empty feelings at the end of the Netflix marathons, the nights of a "little too much", super long days at work, or the hours mindlessly surfing the internet or swiping our ever present phones.
You don’t have to face this alone. I can help you.
I help people to reconnect to themselves, the authentic, strong, wise parts of themselves that have been muted or drowned out by life, with its accompanying trials and traumas. I work with people who yearn to be real—instead of perfect. People who are longing to feel more connected both to themselves, and to others. People who want to have more control over those inner critics that are running the show and blocking what they want and who they want to be. I will help you to tell your stories and truths, the ones that have shaped you, the ones that have hurt you, and the ones you long to inhabit. I can help you to shift the relationship to the suffering you are experiencing.
It can feel better.
For your free 15 minute phone consultation and to set up an appointment:
Call: 415-572-9217
Email: [email protected]
PLEASE NOTE: Now accepting daytime clients, no evening appointments available.
Sarah Harkness, MA, RDT, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #88566 and Registered Drama Therapist #631 with a private practice in San Mateo. She has worked with people in individuals, couples, and groups from all walks of life regarding relationship concerns, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, religious trauma, taming the inner critic, and life transitions. Sarah is also adjunct faculty for the drama therapy program at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
