Sarah Swygart
Welcome! I'm Sarah! Your story matters. You have value. I don't want you to walk through this pain alone. I work with females who want to work on anxiety, people-pleasing, insecure attachment, emotional regulation, perfectionism, communication, setting boundaries, grief, comparison, self-compassion, shame, building confidence, divorce, health struggles, relational concerns, navigating breakups, practicing self-care, and building a healthy relationship with yourself and others. Whatever is hurting or aching must be tended to. I am a warm, Christian therapist who focuses on creating a space where you can share the painful parts of your story as well as feel supported through practical tools and new perspectives to move forward.
These tools have been life-changing for me and my clients, so I am passionate to share them and find my clients make much more progress!
In the first few minutes of each session, I teach a tool. These tools have been extremely helpful for me and my clients, so I am passionate to share them and find my clients make more progress! Then I check in with you on what you would like to process for that day. After you share, I focus on processing your feelings and the situation as well as sharing my perspectives and tools. Feel free to reach out to see if I might be a good fit for you!
First session
In our first session together, we will briefly go over paperwork and guidelines. Then we will focus on what brings you to therapy! I like to identify our therapy goals for our time together! Hopefully, you can get a sense in our first session if this feels like a good fit for you!
Strengths
I am a warm person. I am a patient listener, and I create space for you to share and cry. I like to share practical ideas and strive to offer wise perspectives to help you grow. I desire for you to feel understood. Some strategies I use include: listening, normalizing and validating your feelings, sharing where I feel you did a good job, helping you have self-compassion, exploring the deeper root of your thoughts/beliefs, offering solutions and strategies, sharing my perspectives, teaching tools, telling stories from my experiences that might be helpful, and sharing information I have learned from resources.
Treatment methods
Solution-Focused Brief Treatment
I utilize many practical tools and new perspectives to help clients navigate difficult situations with more ease, find more peace in their lives, and build a healthy relationship with themselves and others.
Attachment-based
I help clients build a more secure attachment style and have a healthier sense of self with boundaries, assertiveness, communication, and interdependence within relationships rather than codependency and people-pleasing.
Somatic
I teach somatic regulating tools to help clients learn how to regulate their nervous systems and feel more grounded and balanced. Once we have a regulated nervous system, so much of our life opens up to us.
Compassion-Focused
I believe we tend to be our own harshest critic but the person we spend the most time with is ourselves. I encourage clients in how to build a healthy, kind relationship with themselves.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I believe the stories and beliefs we have about ourselves, our relationships, and our lives tend to keep us stuck and from living into our fullest potential. I focus on shifting beliefs in order to find more peace and healing.
Location
Virtual sessions