Sara Mathew (she/her)

LMSW
Accepting Clients

Therapy for when you don't recognize yourself anymore. Specializing in identity exploration, cultural conditioning and high-achiever stress.

Therapist in New York

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Adolescent/Teen

About My Clients

I work with adults & couples navigating burnout, perfectionism, anxiety, & trauma. I help ambition-driven clients look underneath the achievement to rediscover themselves, with particular resonance for 1st-gen, POC, BIPOC, and immigrant communities.

My Background and Approach

I spent almost a decade as a high-achiever in high-pressure environments before becoming a therapist, so this internal battle between ambition and burnout isn't just theoretical. With me, you get a safe place to say the crazy things out loud. I will follow your lead, but I'll also hold up the mirror when you need someone to. When it’s needed I’ll challenge you as much as I support you. Tissues are welcome in our space because you might find yourself crying, or because maybe you're laughing so hard tears fall. My therapeutic style is a mix of CBT, psychodynamic and relational work, somatic and mindfulness-based practices, and IFS informed parts work. I am passionate about working with folks navigating anxiety, burnout, career stress, depression and trauma. We’ll make sure you feel equipped to handle life outside of sessions by talking through strategies and practices you can use with you anywhere.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I believe understanding yourself isn't a soft goal, it's the true work we're all meant to do. Real change doesn't come just from more discipline or better boundaries, it comes from spending time actually peeking underneath the performance: the pressure to achieve, the cultural expectations, the version of success you never chose for yourself. That's where you start to see who you actually are. This is enlightenment work. Beyond the what and the how, to the why.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
Other Techniques
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Humanistic Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Relational Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
  • Internal Family Systems

Issues I Treat

Other Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Burnout
  • Career Counseling
  • Depression
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Immigration/Acculturation
  • Racial Identity
I offer online counseling in the following states:

At A Glance

  • Experience: Less than a year
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $210/session

Reach out to Sara