Help When You Need It
Pregnancy and early parenthood are sacred times — for babies, young children, and for parents.
What happens during these times matters.
Pregnancy
Pregnancy can be one of the most incredible times in life, and often, and sometimes, simultaneously, it can bring big challenges, as well. Having experienced my own challenges during pregnancy, I understand how it feels to have a pregnancy look and feel different than you may have hoped, envisioned, or expected.
Postpartum
Massive life changes accompany becoming a mother or expanding your family. Processing thoughts and emotions can clear mental and emotional space and yield more bandwidth during this time of giving, resting, integrating, and expanding. What happens during these moments matters, and care for all mothers should be available during this sensitive and important time.
Parenting
The context in which we each grow up, our relationships with our primary caretakers, and the experiences we have with our parents deeply and profoundly shape us. Few things are more meaningful to me than helping parents improve the care they give their children, their parenting experiences, and the personalized help their children need during these sensitive developmental windows.
Which Service Is For Me?
I offer counseling, coaching, and consultation. Read below to find out which could be the best fit for you.
Counseling
Through Counseling, I offer a warm and safe space where clients can unpack thoughts and feelings that can be painful or overwhelming. Counseling is a clinical service, and the purpose is to help people with anxiety, depression, trauma.
Coaching
Coaching is for people who are ready and able to examine their role in the family dynamic, how this impacts their child’s development, and prioritize stepping into being the parent they want to be. Through coaching, parents can heal and shed unprocessed experiences from their own histories, examine what they truly hope to give to their children, and take steps to bring this into reality.
Consultation
Consultation is for people who have a few pointed questions or want a professional opinion on a specific issue. This is generally for people who want just one or two hours of discussion without ongoing support.
My Approach
What happens during pregnancy and early childhood matters. Experiences during these sensitive times shape us, inform our family development, and often determine what happens next. For children, experiences in early childhood inform nearly every aspect of development.
We are social beings who are wired for connection. The type and quality of connection we have with those around us informs our social, emotional, physical, physiological, and neurological development and wellbeing.
Healthy connection is based in trust, consistency, emotional safety, accountability, reliability, predictability, warmth, nurturing, and love.
I believe we all want these things, but sometimes, things can get in the way. Family stressors, misunderstandings, differing personality types, and unhealed parent wounds are a few examples of things that can harm family systems — if they go unrecognized or unaddressed.
What clients say...
“Dr. Sarah helped me connect with my 3 year old daughter on such a deep level that I am certain our bond is lifelong. My child who is now almost 7 is thriving and happy. And I am a more nurturing parent and a better person as the result of the therapy we received with Dr. Sarah.”
“I can’t thank you enough for the positive impact you’ve made on my and my daughter’s life. We still use the techniques you taught us. My daughter is able to have a voice because of you.”