I am licensed in California with 5 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, & coping with life changes. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
I am mostly available
Monday, Wed, or some Thurs evenings. I have morning sessions as well or by appointment times that we can coordinate together. Feel free to let me know what you need. :)
Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Attachment issues, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues, Workplace issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
CA LMFT 139564
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Wonderful experience so far, Sara is very patient, non judgemental and over all very kind. Looking forward to seeing how our therapy goes
Written on Mar 04, 2024 after therapy with Sara for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Sara is very responsive and supportive. She has been offering great advice by listening to my problems/concerns and breaking down why I feel the way I do. What a help!
Written on Jul 17, 2023 after therapy with Sara for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes
Sara allows me to lead where the session is going is helpful and thoughtful in communication and conversation. Very happy with how therapy is going so far.
Written on Jul 12, 2023 after therapy with Sara for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
Sara is a wonderful therapist. She is very reassuring and while in her assistance is clear that she is not only here to help, but she gives constructive advice. She knows when its time to just listen and let someone vent and when to talk, and is very polite, and a very open and avid listener. I have full confidence going into sessions that Sara knows exactly what we need to discuss and help in resolving issues, but if the session turns into something else I need at that moment she will flip whatever she had planned to whatever I need, and then at the end will revisit what she would want to talk about but bring importance to issues I have discussed with her. I highly recommend Sara as a therapist, she is very kind and caring and relatable.
Written on Jul 03, 2023 after therapy with Sara for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and anger management