Trauma Therapy

Traumatic experiences can result in a number of distressing experiences. Creating a sense of safety in your current life and working with the underlying trauma can be an effective approach for:

“Trauma is constituted in an intersubjective context in which severe emotional pain cannot find a relational home in which it can be held. In such a context painful affect states become unendurable -- that is, traumatic." -- Robert Stolorow, Trauma and Human Existence

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Bipolar Disorder
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Drug or Alcohol Addiction
• Sexual Addiction
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Dissociative Disorders, including Dissociative Identity Disorder

• Abandonment
  
• Physical Abuse
  
• Sexual Abuse
  
• Severe Neglect
• Automobile Accidents

To schedule a consultation, please call Sara Brashear at (925) 765-9874. You may also email me at sara@oakcreekcenter.org

About me

I work primarily with people who have experienced trauma. I am EMDR trained and in the process of being trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. I consider it to be just as important to learn how to feel good as it is to explore the underlying trauma. I consider medication to be your choice and do not require it for you to be seen, regardless of diagnosis.

My education includes an MA in Consulting Psychology, an MBA with a concentration in Financial Management, an MS in Management Information System and an MA in Counseling Psychology. I find it useful to draw on multiple disciplines when looking for the best way to approach problems.