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My approach to therapy has as its foundation a deep respect for the individuality of each client I work with. With warmth, creativity, insight, and compassion, I can journey with you through difficult life questions, offering guidance and support. Within a safe context, we will explore the situations and experiences that cause you anxiety, anger, confusion or pain, and draw on the voice of your own inner wisdom to meet those challenges. Together we will work to "un-stick" patterns that are no longer working for you. 

As a trained drama therapist, I have witnessed the power of creative expression to open up and accelerate the therapeutic process. With added proficiency in traditional psychotherapy, I am able to provide services to individuals, couples, children and families. In addition to specializing in working with women in recovery, couples, and "highly sensitive persons", I have a particular interest in helping clients to navigate difficult life transitions and       find an authentic and empowered mode of self-expression. I am also able to provide services in Spanish.
          Women In Recovery

  • Strengthen self-affirming coping skills in face of life stressors
  • Heal the guilt and shame that may accompany a history of substance use
  • Learn to express your needs, emotions, and future goals.
  • Develop plans for entering potentially triggering situations and events
  • Rediscover the "you" that may have been covered up and longs to emerge.
  • Heal past trauma
                         Couples Therapy
                   Turning two "me's" into a "we"

  • Learn how not to lose yourself in a relationship
  • Know and express your own needs
  • Set mutual life goals
  • Identify family of origin patterns and how they affect your current relationship
  • Discern whether to say good-bye with integrity or commit to working together to strengthen your relationship
    "Highly Sensitive People"
                term coined by Elaine Aron
  • Learn how to embrace your sensitivity/intuition as a gift
  • Strengthen self care in a world that doesn't always understand or value sensitivity
  • Explore ways in which you have numbed your gift of sensitivity
  • Learn how to use your keen perception of subtleties to your advantage
I would be honored to work with you. Please contact me for more information or for your free 20 minute phone consultation.  
Sarah is a registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern (IMF #62856) and is supervised by Armand Volkas MFT, RDT/BCT, (MFT #28789).