Hi, I’m Sarah.
I have been practicing as a therapist since 2006.
I am skilled and experienced at working with people who have endured trauma, struggle with mental health concerns like eating disorders, depression, anxiety, PTSD, grief/loss, relationship and career struggles, parenting challenges, as well as general dissatisfaction with life or aspects of life.
I have experience working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. I have extensive experience working with adults and adolescents who are struggling with an eating disorder. A particular area of focus in my practice of late is the perinatal period: working with women in the phase of their lives when they are trying to conceive, are pregnant, or are postpartum. I also work with couples whose relationship feels out of sync after they have had children.
As a certified Bioenergetic Therapist (a body-based somatic psychotherapy), I am interested in how people live inside their bodies, move their bodies, hold their bodies, how they breathe, and how they experience and utilize their energy. .
I have several post-graduate certifications relevant to my work as a psychotherapist. A certification in the psychodynamic treatment of eating disorders from The Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia; a certification in Bioenergetic Analysis from the New York Society for Bioenergetic Analysis; and a certification in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) from Postpartum Support International.
I began my career at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in the West Village of Manhattan, working as a therapist in the Outpatient Chemical Dependence Program, where I worked with people who were trying to achieve and maintain sobriety from alcohol and/or other substances.
After 5 years at St. Vincent’s, the hospital closed permanently, and I moved on to work at The Renfrew Center as a therapist in the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), working with women struggling with eating disorders.
During my tenure at Renfrew, I became the Day Treatment Team Leader and eventually the Clinical Supervisor overseeing the clinical and administrative operations of both the Day Treatment and Intensive Outpatient treatment programs.
I have worked as an eating disorder consultant, educator, and treating therapist for the professional dance industry and professional classical ballet schools and companies. I have also been on the faculty and a clinical supervisor for the 2-year training program at The Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia.
