THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE
THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE
Lewis and Clark College: MA, LMFT
Marriage, Couples, and Family Therapy
Masters of Counseling Psychology
Additional Training: Sex Therapy Track
Academic Distinction
Univeristy of Oregon
Spanish; Multimedia, CIS
Academic Distinction: Dean's List; Summa Cum Laude
Member of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, & Therapists
Supervisor: Karlaina, PsyD, AASECT
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists
Supervisor: Alana Ogilvie, LMFT, CST
Think Calmr App Contributor: how to enhance the neurological benefits of meditation on the brain. Meditation appears to have a variety of neurological benefits – from changes in grey matter volume to reduced activity in the “ego/me” centers of the brain to enhance connectivity between brain regions. Sarah contributes to ThinkCalmr's scientific side of how sound waves, meditation structure, and class structure can enhance measurable neurological changes in our most important organ: the brain.
Education & Experience
Trainings & Certificates
Dr. Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT): Attachment-based Interventions to Treat Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression: Certificate
Speaker: Susan Johnson, Ed.D.
CBT Cognitive Behavior Therapy Life Coaching Certification Leverage the Science of Your Mind: Life Coach Practitioner
Speaker: Patrick Howell, CBT
How to Work with Clients Who Are Stuck in a Trauma Response
Speaker: Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD
Motivational Interviewing
Speaker: Carol DeFrancesco
How to Target the Limbic System to Reverse Trauma's Physiological Imprint. The National Institue for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine
Speakers: Ruth Buczynski, PhD; Pat Ogden, PhD; Peter Levine, PhD; Bessel van der Kolk, MD; Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD; Joan Borysenko, PhD and Bill O’Hanlon, LMFT;
Concrete Strategies That Will Work in Your Life (and with Your Patients)
Speakers: Joan Borysenko, PhD and Bill O’Hanlon, LMFT
How the Body’s Incomplete Response to Trauma Can Aggravate Symptoms
Speaker: Robert Scaer, MD
How to Break the Power of Shame by Engaging it
Speakers: Ron Siegel, PsyD; Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT; Stephen Porges, Ph; Bill O' Hanlon, LMFT
The Human-Animal Bond and Counseling: Animal-Assisted Therapy Competencies
Speaker: Pilar-Hernandez-Wolfe
PMHC & PMHCA: Group Counseling with Children and Adolescents
Speakers: Peter Mortola, PhD; Diane Gan, M.A., LPC
Eco-Systemic Relational Therapy: Neuropsychobiological, Ecological, and Spiritual Aspects of Human Behavior
Speaker: Carmen-Knudson Martine PhD, LMFT
How Compassion Balances the Nervous System
Speaker(s): Kelly McGonigal, PhD and Emiliana Simon-Thomas, PhD