Sarah Brinkley

Hi! Thanks for stopping by! I'm Sarah, and I've been counseling people struggling with stress management, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues since 2016. I went back to school to earn my Masters in Counseling when my kids were in grade school. We had spent the previous seven or so years fostering children in our home and through this, I realized I was able to quickly connect with the parents and I enjoyed supporting them during this challenging period of their lives. Today, I specialize in helping people through transitional phases of life; getting older, changes in family structures, job changes and the like.

I approach therapy as a caring, thoughtful, solution-focused friend. People often say, "Oh my gosh, I am all over the place" and my response is, "No worries! Just dump it all out here and I'll pick up the pieces. We'll make sense of it together". Life today is stressful and complicated. So many people are walking around pretending things are fine, not sharing what's really on their mind because they feel like no one will understand. That's a really tough place to be. As a counselor, I'm your safe place to sort through the mess, figure out next steps, and shore up your strength and courage to keep moving forward.

There's a common theme among the goals my clients set for counseling. Learn to cope better with stress in the moment; have healthier, more fulfilling relationships; come to decisions at critical junctures, managing overthinking, and improve their self-care which often results in rediscovering enjoyment in life, Coming up with goals together is one of the very first steps in counseling. If you just want to "feel better", we can work with that too!