My name is Sarah.

My path as a healer and teacher has been full of surprises, unique and poetic…

I started my professional journey at New York University School of Social Work and in my private practice as a psychotherapist. Soon after, I encountered the heart-opening world of clowning and began leading clown and Improvisation workshops based in Carl Rogers’ person-centered approach to psychotherapy, affirming the power of creativity and playfulness to transform and heal our lives.

Today my work with individuals and groups combines a dynamic, intuitive and improvisational interplay of diverse wisdom traditions with the insights of the here and now. This is what I call Spontaneous Wisdom!

My practice is based on more than three decades of experience. My approach is warm, loving, grounded, compassionate, informed and improvisational.

  • In 2006, I earned a Masters in Clinical Social Work from New York University, began a private psychotherapy practice and pursued analytic training at Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center, in NYC.

    Selected additional training :

    In 2021, I completed a 300-hour certification program in Ayurvedic medicine to learn about the interplay of breath, wellness and joy.

    In 2020, I completed the Feminine Power Facilitation Mastery Program with esteemed Life Coach Claire Zammit, with a focus on group therapeutic processes.

    In 2000 I became empowered as a Reiki Master in the Usui System. In 2016, I received my empowerment as a Shamanic Reiki Master from Llyn Roberts, the founder of Shamanic Reiki Worldwide and an acclaimed teacher of earth-based healing and shamanism.

    In 2014, under the guidance of shamanic dream teacher Robert Moss, I began a study of Active Dreaming and its applications to individual and group therapy.

    I am certified in Akashic Records Reading with Lisa Barnett, founder of the Akashic Knowing School of Wisdom.

    I am a certified ninth level practitioner of Magical Awakening, a lively form of Celtic Shamanism, having received my empowerment from its founder, author, healer and Reiki Master Brett Bevel.

    Since 2012, I have facilitated Clown and Improvisation workshops based in Carl Rogers’ person-centered approach to psychotherapy, affirming the power of creativity and playfulness to transform and heal our lives. In 2012, I began teaching Clown with Vivian Gladwell, internationally recognized founder of Nose to Nose - International Clowning Workshops.

    Simultaneous to pursuing my degree in Clinical Social Work and studying psychoanalysis, I became certified in multiple forms of energy healing with healer-teacher Sirriya Din, with an emphasis on Morphic Awakening, a cutting edge system of energetic healing and transformation created by Din.

    Most recently, I certified in The New Biology, founded by renowned alternative medicine doctor Tom Cowan, again widening my perspective on holistic approaches to health and wellness, with a focus on empowering individuals to take control of their well-being.

More about my approach:

There is no one path to happiness:

I believe that healing and therapies must be tailored to our unique stories. Everything that I bring to sessions is designed to support your self-empowerment as you navigate challenge and change to create the life You yearn to live! Let’s find out what you already know and build on your successes. Having studied energy medicine for over thirty years, I read energy and see patterns clearly, which helps me stay dynamically attuned to your process.

Experience is our best teacher:

By now, I have acquired an extensive and eclectic satchel of effective tools and techniques, both analytic and alternative. In addition to pursuing much education and training, I have remained committed to using my own experience as a kind of laboratory, making discoveries that nurture my personal sense of freedom, joy and well-being. When we work together – whether in a private session or a workshop - I will encourage you to do the same!

Being present changes your life:

But how do we become more present? Let’s count the ways! I believe in the transformational dimensions of the here and now and will support you to meet me there, to listen beyond limitations, recall your own wisdom, and align with inspired action on your healing path.

Life is flow:

We all want to have more fun and stay in the zone! I have a particular feel for the wildness of creativity as it unfurls uniquely through our lives, opening doors to freedom and joy, and love to help people remove blockages to their creative brilliance.

Yes is a magic word! 

However we work together, I look forward to supporting you to become a Yes to your greatest health, wealth and happiness!!  

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