About Sarah

I am a board-certified licensed professional counselor. Throughout my education and life experiences, I have uncovered a passion to enter into other people’s stories and walk with them towards healing, growth, and transformation. I feel humbled daily to witness individuals showing up with bravery and vulnerability in the counseling room. As someone who is on her own journey of emotional healing, I am encouraged by watching my clients access the light that is already within them.

How I Work

• “I’m not good enough.”

• “I am a failure.”

• “I’ve tried everything, and nothing has changed in my life.”

• “I’m too much.”

• “I will always feel this way.”

These are the beliefs many of my clients have when they enter therapy. I see these beliefs at the root of issues like anxiety, disordered eating/poor body image, relationship conflict, self-worth struggles, and spiritual harm. My hope is to help you understand what harmful beliefs (literal neural networks in your brain)have shaped your view of yourself and what behaviors have come from these beliefs.

I will not be the therapist who says “that’s not true” and “don’t think that.” Instead, I will enter into that hurt with you. Alongside you, we will seek to understand where it came from, grieve the wound, and then, when the time is right, we will move toward healing.

Though I am passionate about changing behavior, I find that if we solely focus on the behavior, it will not be changed. Thus, we must first direct our attention to the deeper internal core beliefs, and then move towards the external behavior.

Because the stories we tell ourselves become the reality that we live in, our internal shame-driven narratives must be brought to light. You will often hear me inviting you to take a stance of “compassion and curiosity” towards yourself. This is because we simply cannot shame ourselves into changing. Shame is often hidden in our battles with emotional regulation, past trauma, anxiety, physical pain, depression, etc. Releasing shame is research-proven to bring relief to the mind and body.

My top priority is to view the client as an individual with immeasurable worth, and not someone who is solely a product of his or her problem, past, or disorder.

I also find power in incorporating somatic exercises to further integrate the mind-body connection, as it is one thing to know something in our head but another to “wire” it into our nervous system.

I am honored to witness individuals leave feeling empowered to go out into the world and apply the discoveries we have made during our individual counseling sessions.

More About Sarah

When I am not counseling, I love yoga and movement, playing with my daughter, listening to an audiobook, trying a new recipe, reading a novel, and spending time in nature. I am an avid learner and enjoy reading books or listening to podcasts related to helping myself and my clients grow toward wholeness. While I love and cherish social connection, there’s nothing like sitting at home with a cup of coffee and a novel (…or maybe binge-watching Survivor). My clients know that I love incorporating some of my personal passions through practices like breathwork, watercolors, jewelry making, poetry/writing, and walking outside during sessions.

In my personal life, I seek to practice the art of “being” instead of just “doing,” like our world so often emphasizes. While I am not an expert in this area yet, I find comfort in noticing the beauty around me, pausing to reflect on where God is showing up in my life, and seeking to live a less hurried and rushed lifestyle.