Among all the uncertainties of life, making the choice to start therapy is yet another risky plunge into the unknown. Before you decide to connect, I’d like to give you a sense of who I am and what it might be like for us to sit together.

Although my title is doctor, my clients call me Sarah. There’s no getting around our mutual humanness in the therapy space or anywhere else for that matter, so why try! In fact, the efforting we put into hiding our humanity from ourselves and each other is at the root of our suffering, but I’m getting ahead of myself.

I think of my role as one of accompaniment, you’re the lead and it’s my job to follow your pace, your volume, your moments of free expression. Together we get curious in a way that is, open, receptive, and non-judgmental.

Sometimes this process is playful, and sometimes I encourage us to look deeper at the hard things. I am always holding your experience with profound respect and certainty that you have been doing your best.

We’ll notice some of the ways that your lived experience has taught you to think about yourself, about others, and what to expect from the world. We’ll observe and reconnect with parts of yourself that need your compassion the most.

Through this mutual exploration, we’ll hold in mind the belief that you can cultivate your capacity for self-compassion and come to recognize that you’ve always been worthy of your own love and affection.