Mental Awakening (Psychology)

Sarah is the founder of Mental Awakening as well as a highly experienced Psychotherapist with years of involvement within the sector. She is also an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Art Therapist and a member of the AASW. Sarah has been working within the field of trauma recovery and mind-body disorders for over a decade, specialising in chronic pain, anxiety, depression, work injury, TMS.

Sarah specialises in chronic pain, anxiety, depression, Fibromyaligia, trauma recovery and interpersonal and work related relationship issues. Sarah is passionate about helping clients achieve meaningful connections, assisting them to reconnect and work towards developing a closer, stronger and more secure relationship with themselves and their body. It is her aim to support clients with experiencing a new reference point for happiness and to overcome struggles, feel fulfilled and develop enhanced self-compassion, irrespective of adversity.

Her focus lies in remaining present with her clients while creating a fully open and authentic space where healing can take place. Her approach is inclusive of Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, Neuroplasticity, Humanistic Therapy, Meditation, Yoga, Mindfulness, Inner Child Work, Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Somatic Body Therapy, Shadow and Archetypal work, Art Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Pain Reprocessing Therapy and The Polyvagal Theory. Sarah has great interest, personal experience and insight into TMS (Tension Myosistic Syndrome) and feels passionate about supporting her clients towards recovery. She is also acquainted with compassionate Inquiry, which is a psycho-therapeutic method developed by Dr. Gabor Maté that reveals what lies beneath the appearances that we present to the world.