Sarah Breunig (she/her)

I have practiced psychotherapy in CA since 2013 with education and experience spanning from the East to the West Coast of the US since 2007. Along with my experiential, Relational Gestalt background, I have an ever-growing collection of tools, techniques, and perspectives I consistently cultivate in my practice and myself (I can share more when we meet). The uniqueness I bring is how I show up for with all that other stuff- with willingness, presence, authenticity; with belief in you and acceptance for who you are and your experience; with excitement for what we can do and where we can go. What we do with all this depends on us. It depends on what supports you in our time together. Generally, we make a safe, intimate relationship for discovery, expression, healing, and exploration. We learn what surviving is for you and your relationships in life now. We move with collaboration to grow the ability to make embodied choices to bring thriving regularly into your life and relationships.

I believe that everything in us, biologically, psychologically, and spiritually, is oriented toward survival. Survival of our surroundings and communities, survival of past experiences and present circumstances, survival of what might be. Survival is an awesome super-force constantly at work on our behalf. It is a resource working in our favor that deserves honor and respect. But here’s the thing… surviving is not thriving. Surviving is not necessarily healing. So many of us feel a call towards a better quality in our everyday experiences, relationships, and within ourselves and communities. We feel an internal movement towards thriving. But this thriving can’t be found in the commercialized, systemized, commodified industries of wellness that bombard us with “shoulds” everyday. They need to be found and created in our relationships with ourselves, with others, and the Earth we live on. I am deeply committed to building these supportive and transformative relationships.