Sara Spowart
About
I'm the owner of my private practice, Compassion-Based Happiness, and work to help you reach higher levels of peace, happiness & self-compassion. I'm a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MT 4262) and hold a Ph.D., a DMFT with a focus on happiness interventions, and 3 Master's degrees, including a Master's in Happiness Studies. I am a certified clinical hypnotherapist and am a registered yoga and mindfulness instructor. I'm also an Adjunct Professor at USF. Testimonials can be found on www.drsaraspowart.com. I've done over 15,000 sessions & apply empathy, strength-building, mindfulness, hypnotherapy, REBT, Solution-Focused, EMDR, ACT, Narrative, Safe and Sound Protocol & Compassion-Focused Therapy techniques. I provide in-person & Telehealth sessions. I created the Happiness-Based Mindfulness approach, the Applied Empathy therapy approach, and wrote the book "You Are Love." I create personalized happiness & self-compassion plans to figure out exactly how to get to where you want to be:) I specialize in working w/ children, couples, & individuals with stress & trauma.
I've done over 10,000 sessions & apply empathy, strength-building, mindfulness, hypnotherapy, REBT, Solution-Focused, EMDR, Narrative, Safe and Sound Protocol & Compassion-Focused Therapy techniques.
First session
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions and goals, then discuss specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.
Strengths
I have extensive experience in supporting individuals that have experienced many forms of abuse and trauma. I have very high levels of empathy, compassion and mindfulness, and I deeply care about all my clients and that they feel better no matter what their situation is:)
Ideal clients
I love working with people interested in compassion, happiness, and mindfulness and helping them to improve their feelings of joy and peace no matter what the situation.
Location
Virtual sessions