Sarah Sternlieb

LPC

You don’t have to have everything figured out before starting. You might already know your struggles are connected to childhood, but still feel stuck. In therapy, we focus on helping you understand why certain thoughts, emotions, and reactions keep showing up, and gently working through them so they don’t keep taking over your life.

My approach is active and collaborative, focused on helping you make real shifts, not just talk about what’s wrong. I use EMDR along with body-based approaches and parts work, which help us understand different parts of you that developed in response to what you’ve been through. We move at a pace that feels manageable, without needing to relive every detail, while helping your thoughts, emotions, and reactions feel less overwhelming and more in your control.

Success can look like waking up feeling rested instead of exhausted, and not dreading going to sleep at night. It can look like setting a boundary and not second-guessing yourself for hours afterward, or speaking up without immediately wondering if you did something wrong. It can look like feeling more in control of your reactions instead of getting pulled into emotions that take over your whole day. It can look like feeling more present in your relationships, instead of lashing out, shutting down, or pulling away. It can look like starting to see yourself with more compassion, instead of defaulting to shame or feeling like something is wrong with you.