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Sarah Bunter

Marriage and Family Therapist

Accepts

Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Blue Shield of California, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Magellan, Oxford (Optum), Quest Behavioral Health, United Healthcare (Optum), and United Healthcare Medicare Advantage

Specializes in

Anxiety, Depression, Relationship Issues, Trauma, and Women's Issues

Great to meet you!

Before becoming a psychotherapist, I studied anthropology with a deep interest in collecting people’s stories. I took that curiousity and now apply it to the field of psychotherapy. I can relate to many different backgrounds due to my past and life experiences traveling around the globe as well as studying cultures and how people interacted day-to-day in the past as well as present. Due to this experience, I am able to assess a patient and find ways to help them inside and outside of the box.

A bit about my approach to therapy

I start by taking a thorough patient history in order to look at how these unconscious urges developed in childhood affect us in adulthood. This allows me to assess a patient after listening to their principle complaint and coordinate different therapeutic tools to help with that. I approach the healing process as a psychodynamic psychotherapist combined with a humanistic perspective with the purpose of bringing the unconscious to the conscious while providing a caring and empathetic atmosphere.

What you can expect from our first session

I help set goals and outcomes that enable patients to live their best life according to their unique needs and wants.


Sarah's style is

Open-minded
Inquisitive
Warm

Insurance carriers Sarah accepts

Aetna
Anthem Blue Cross
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Blue Shield of California
Carelon Behavioral Health
Cigna
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey
Magellan
Oxford
Quest Behavioral Health
United Healthcare
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage

More about Sarah

MC (Masters in Counseling) at California Lutheran University
License type: LMFT (Licensed Marriage/Family Therapist) (California)
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Languages: English
Works with: Infants / Toddlers, Children, and Adults
More specialties: Family Issues, Stress, Maternal Mental Health, Men's Issues, and PTSD
Modalities: Structural Family, Play, Humanistic, Psychoanalytic, Behavior Modification, Experiential, Gestalt, Strength-Based, Attachment Based, Psychodynamic, and Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Location

100 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard Suite 231
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360