Sarah’s specialtiesExplore some
of Sarah’s integrative specialties.
Play Therapy
A form of therapy geared toward children, which helps children overcome their psychological difficulties.
Play Therapy helps children achieve the optimum level of development and equilibrium. Young children usually find it hard to express their emotions, needs, and thoughts through language, but it can be possible through their play activities.
Association for Play Therapy (a4pt.org)
For more details on play therapy, visit the Association of Play Therapy website.
Somatic Experiencing (SE)
SE is a holistic approach used in therapy to release traumatic energy and stress held in the body.
Developed by Peter A. Levine, PhD, SE is a psychobiological method for resolving anxiety, stress, and trauma symptoms.
SE helps reset the nervous system and release trauma held in the body, helping you feel less anxious, less stressed, and more present throughout your day.
SE works with all ages of individuals. SE enhances resilience, increases emotional self-discovery, increases people’s vitality, and activates your natural healing impulses to create more capacity to actively engage in life.
Sarah Rocha - SEI Practitioner Directory (traumahealing.org)
Dynamic Attachment
Re-patterning Experience (DARe)
Innovative somatic adult attachment therapy. The work of Diane Poole Heller, Ph.D., is based on theories of attachment, neurobiology, and sensorimotor and connects with our innate abilities to heal.
Relational and somatic healing techniques are used with clients to repair relationship wounds. DARe helps individuals create more meaning, connection, and emotional intimacy in their relationships leading to the development of stronger secure attachment styles.
Provider Directory - Therapists, Coaches, and Body Workers - Trauma Solutions (dianepooleheller.com)
Trauma Informed Art Therapy
Includes many concepts unique to the practice of expressive therapy.
Trauma Informed Art Therapy integrates neurodevelopmental knowledge and sensory qualities of the arts (Malchiodi, 2012). This approach takes into account, the following 1) how the mind and body respond to traumatic events; 2) symptoms are adaptive coping strategies NOT pathology; 3) emphasis on cultural sensitivity and empowerment; and 4) helping to move individuals from being not only survivors, but "thrivers" through skill building, support networks & resilience development (Malchiodi, 2012).
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Mindfulness can effectively help people with chronic pain, anxiety, stress and other life issues.
Mindfulness is effective to reduce stress, reduce anxiety, improve quality of life and optimal well-being.
Clinical Hypnotherapy
An adjusted state of awareness, perception or consciousness used by a licensed and trained masters level individual
It is a trance-like state of focus and concentration achieved with the help and support of a clinical hypnotherapist. This trance-like state is similar to being completely absorbed in a book, movie, song, art or even one’s own thoughts.
In this state, clients can turn their attention inward to find and utilize their potential and natural resources within themselves that will help make changes in certain areas of their life.
Hypnotherapy can be used to treat anxiety, fears, smoking cessation and stress. It can be used to help improve sleep, communication styles and aid in pain management.
