As a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist at Olive Leaf Family Therapy, Sarah specializes in working with relationship issues, marital and premarital counseling, and adult caregivers of elderly and aging parents. She uses Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) in working with my couples. EFT has been shown to be 75% effective in treating couples and 90% report significant improvement in their relationship, nearly twice the success rate of other forms of couple’s therapy. In your EFT sessions, you should expect a focus on exploring your relationship dynamics, improving your emotional connection, and creating new and lasting meaning.

Reaching out for therapy can be a frightening experience. You may not know how to get started, what to expect, or how your relationships could change. When working with Sarah, you will find a therapist that is empathically attuned, collaborative, and non-judgmental. She provides a space that is emotionally safe and grounded so that you can do meaningful work.

Sarah earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of San Francisco and my M.A. in Marriage & Family Therapy from Chapman University. She is continually humbled and honored that clients allow her to walk alongside them into the unknown and sometimes painful places in their lives and relationships in order to find their way toward a happier and fuller life.

Sarah has a passion for working with members of the LGBTQ+ community, couples, families with children/adolescents/teens, and adult caregivers for elderly and aging parents. When working with Sarah you should expect a solution-oriented approach that utilizes your strengths, resources, and values to reach concrete and collaborative goals.