Sarah Sharpe-Wedlund, MS, COTAL, Mental Health Practitioner

In addition to being a mental health practitioner, I am also licensed as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant. For the past 9 years I have worked with individuals from birth to adults and have experience working with families and clients with issues ranging from neuro-divergence, ADHD, Autism, attachment issues, PTSD, anxiety, sensory processing disorders and clients with dual-diagnoses. I offer an integrative approach of humanistic and person-centered, psychodynamic and strength-based interventions. I have training within trauma-informed care, mind and body connection, reflex integration that impacts our self-regulation and emotions, along with understanding our nervous system. I have worked with a variety of communication styles and I am in tune with non verbal language and emotions. I can help clients move beyond talk therapy by helping them tune into and connect with their bodies, where trauma is often stored.

I see the client and therapist relationship as a place to build safety and connection through revisiting past and current experiences by making sense out of those feelings and experiences together. I value collaboration and see myself as a part of your journey to help bring clarity and understanding. I view myself as a helper not a fixer and that together we can build resilience and understanding to your life experiences. I work with ages 12+, teens and adults that are seeking guidance with pastcurrent experiences, healing, understanding and finding ways to live life in a way that is meaningful and that feels good to you.

Due to my background as an Occupational Therapy Assistant, I use a holistic approach and have an understanding of the human experience. I use an integrative approach that focuses on the whole human emotionally, physically and mentally. This training makes me especially skilled in working with individuals who struggle to find words to articulate their experiences. I also have a long background of working with clients who identify as neuro-divergent.