Hello! Welcome! Hi! My name is Sarah and I am a psychotherapist living in the Bay Area, California. If you are interested in therapy, chances are there is something bringing you here. Therapists are a pretty diverse group of folx, so please feel free to browse around this website to see if I might be a good fit to support you as you get through whatever it is that brought you here.
PROFESSIONAL
I started my career in social work as a crisis counselor at a shelter for survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault in San Luis Obispo, California. After 5 years, I decided to make things legit and off to graduate school I went. My clinical training as a child therapist led me to working with people across the lifespan: children, families, and older adults. I also spent years working in the county jail, providing mental health services for incarcerated individuals. In addition to my therapy practice, I work for Alameda County Behavioral Health as a Division Director for the Crisis System of Care.
PERSONAL
I am a Taiwanese American daughter of immigrants and am conversationally fluent in Mandarin. 我會說中文。雖然不太好，但我可以! I am a Bay Area native and live in San Ramon, California. I am passionate about my yoga practice (any Ashtanga yogis out there?) as well as living into my faith values. Although not my preferred hobby, I spend a significant amount of time playing overly complicated board games and losing.