Sarah Escalante (she/her)

Ms. Escalante has training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Psychotherapy to address child, adolescent, and adult anxiety.

Ms. Escalante has training in Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Play Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Behavioral Modification to assist children in addressing a wide range symptoms, behaviors, and stressors. Sarah has 9 years of experience serving children and adolescents in outpatient settings. Prior to private practice, Sarah worked at a school district providing school based counseling.

Ms. Escalante has training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Psychotherapy to address child, adolescent, and adult depression.

CBT promotes change through learning to modify dysfunctional thinking patterns. Clients explore patterns of thinking and beliefs that lead to self-destructive behaviors. Once an individual understands the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, the individual is able to modify or change existing patterns of thinking to cope with stressors in a more positive manner. This treatment approach focuses on automatic thoughts, schemas, assumptions, beliefs.

To be trauma-informed means to be aware of the complex impact of trauma on a client, including how it affects their efforts to cope. A trauma-informed approach integrates a thorough knowledge of this impact into every aspect of treatment. This includes having an understanding of not only the psychological impacts of trauma, but the neurological, biological, and interpersonal effects of trauma. Treatment focuses on the client’s gaining back control and empowerment in their lives.

The main goal of IPT is to improve the quality of a client’s interpersonal relationships and social functioning to help reduce their distress. IPT provides strategies to resolve problems within four key areas : interpersonal deficits (including social isolation or involvement in unfulfilling relationships), unresolved grief, difficult life transitions (divorce, retirements, moves, etc.) and interpersonal disputes that may emerge from conflict with others.