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Sandra is a licensed professional counselor with an MA from Southern New Hampshire University that works with adults 18+ and has partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient experience primarily working with OCD, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She is ERP (exposure) trained and helps clients use exposure therapy to alleviate compulsions, obsessions, and anxiety. Sandra encompasses mindfulness as a Yoga Alliance certified yoga instructor and Usui Reiki Master Teacher and teaches meditation and breathwork with an emphasis on Yoga Nidra for those with anxiety. Her experience also encompasses Prolonged Exposure training for those ready to work through trauma and Habit Reversal Training for diagnosis such as trichotillomania and excoriation.
Sandra believes in meeting clients where they are in the present moment and supplying them with the tools to implement their own changes when the timing is right for them. Her focus is in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure and Response Prevention, Pronged Exposure and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She believes in an individualized client-centered approach that includes creating a safe space for empathy and non-judgment.
Sandra also has training as a Death Doula and runs a monthly Death Café meeting to encourage organic discussion and normalize discussion of what is usually seen as taboo topic.
I look forward to working with you in whatever capacity you need me and am always humbled to be included on your path.
