Sarah started her career path intuitively at 17 years old when she chose to treat her depression and anxiety by using physical exercise, music and nutrition. The way the body could change the mind’s perspective in an instant was fascinating to her, and the fields of Health and Psychology quickly become her two passions. She attended college, got bachelor degrees in both fields and went on to get a Master’s Degree from Naropa University in 1999. In this experience-based graduate program she learned first hand the effects of meditation and mindfulness on the brain, traditional cognitive/behavioral therapy and deeper therapies such as bodymind psychotherapy, energy healing and transpersonal counseling techniques.
In 2001 Sarah became a Certified Personal Trainer doing “mindful personal training” and in 2004 she became a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC #3751) in Colorado . Since then her career has included grief and loss counseling and therapeutic support in-home, in a hospice setting, and a bodymind coaching business. Sarah also spent a decade of her career using her counseling skills and ability to be with those experiencing trauma in a career supporting families in a hospital setting. These families had tragically lost their loved one and decided to save others' lives by donating solid organs for transplant.
She officially founded Chakra Strength in 2015 after becoming Usui Reiki Master Level II and deepening her knowledge of body energy centers by graduating from a Chakra Alchemy Program as well as offering Kidding Around Yoga, a fun way to engage kids in the practice of meditation and physical activity. Another highlight of her career was having the opportunity of being the weekly Health and Wellness reporter for KVTA 1590AM "Girls On the Air” radio show from 2015-2019.
When she came across the Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) in 2017 she dove in to this life-changing and deep therapy modality, reigniting her formal psychotherapy background. She is now works privately as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC #12496) in Ventura and Ojai, California as well as on an intensive outpatient team for New Beginnings Counseling Center in Camarillo. She continues to incorporate psychotherapy and strength training, loves to study the latest in psychoneuroimmunology, and physical health and wellness, and maintains her Amercian Council of Exercise (ACE) certification to this day. Also she is adding a Nutrition for Mental Health Certification to quench her thirst for knowledge and ability to continue offering her clients the latest in all things body and mind.
