Sara is an empathic and understanding Registered Provisional Psychologist and Certified Music Therapist. She has over 15 years of experience in the mental health field in various roles in Canada and abroad. Sara has two master’s degrees in Counselling Psychology and Music Therapy. Her education represents the pairing of two allied and complimentary approaches in counselling with the expressive arts.

Sara’s approach is client-centred, strengths based, emotion-focused, and culturally sensitive. She believes it is important to build a strong rapport with each unique client to help them meet their needs.

Sara offers both counselling and formal assessments for clients. Sara works with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, ADHD, women’s issues, relationships, identity, grief, life transitions, and personal growth.

Sara offers comprehensive psychological assessments for ADHD, mental health, psychoeducational assessments, and Autism assessments.

Sara has worked with individuals of all ages and students at the University of British Columbia’s Psychological Services and Counselling Training Centre and Simon Fraser University’s Health and Counselling Centre. She has completed additional certifications in Emotionally Focused Therapy for individuals and couples, cognitive and academic assessments, and the ADOS and ADI-R measures for Autism assessments.

In her free time, Sara loves to play piano, get outdoors, travel, and practice yoga. If you are interested to learn more about Music Therapy, Sara invites you to check out the Canadian Journal of Music Therapy (CJMT) where she is the English Content Editor.