SARAH THACKER

Welcome! Thank you for visiting my website, I am so glad you stopped by. I imagine since you are here, you are seeking a holistic approach to healing. Whether you are ready to manage your anxiety, emotions, and life challenges more effectively, or heal your relationship with food, yourself, your health, your body, or all of the above, I am here to support your journey to healing.

The individuals I assist are intelligent and accomplished, yet they grapple with anxiety, perfectionism, relationship challenges, managing difficult emotions, and occasionally find themselves struggling in their relationship with food, an area where success seems elusive. Through my integrative approach, I provide strategies to manage emotions, navigate life challenges, address food-related issues if applicable, and enhance overall health and wellness. I aim to empower individuals to move forward with a newfound sense of freedom and well-being.

Throughout my extensive experience aiding individuals dealing with emotional stress and disordered eating, we've uncovered numerous healing elements that prove consistently valuable along this challenging yet transformative journey of making peace with food. When it comes down to it, it is never really about the food.

I eagerly anticipate the opportunity to support you in every possible manner as you cultivate a healthy, balanced, and purposeful life. My commitment is to accompany you on your journey toward optimal health and well-being— encompassing mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions. Drawing from over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist, as well as numerous trainings, certifications, and courses, I've developed an integrated and holistic approach to therapy that I'm excited to share with you.

MY MISSION

My mission is to offer you space to reclaim your mind, body and overall wellbeing from the conditioning of your past. Whether you have been tied to expectations placed on you by your family, society or even the dieting industry, my mission is to help you attain personal empowerment and freedom. I hope to help you come home to your true self, to rediscover who you are, all while guiding and encouraging you to live your potential as you begin to create a life that you love.

As you grow into your full potential, my mission is to help you connect with your innate wisdom and energy of your body, your mind and your soul. My mission is to help you lift yourself up, to grow in resilience and endurance and to know yourself, including your shadow, fully and deeply. As you do this, you will create a deep sense of self-compassion and self-love. What would it feel like to be all in, to be fully engaged with your life in the most meaningful way?

My mission is to help you find, create and maintain, by your own design, a healthy, peaceful and content experience within your life. My mission is to create a space for you to truly feel well, live well and be well—mind, body and spirit.

My office is an accepting and safe space and I happily serve those of any religion, race and sexual orientation and identification.

When I’m not working, I love to see live music and art exhibits, take long walks, wander around NYC, cook soup, and most days at some point I have one of my kitties snuggled on my lap and my nose in a good book.

I offer Individual Telehealth Sessions in New York, Florida and Virginia

For More Information or to schedule a 15-minute complimentary phone consultation, please reach out to me at (718) 482-7197 or send an email below.

Professional Credentials

  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor, (LMHC), as regulated by New York State

  • Licensed Professional Counselor, (LPC), as regulated by the Virginia Counseling Board

  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor (TLHT), for Telehealth in Florida

  • Certified EMDR Therapist, by EMDRIA

  • Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional, by Evergreen Certifications

  • Registered and Board-Certified Art Therapist, (ATR-BC), by the Art Therapy Credentials Board

  • Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT-500), by Yoga Alliance

  • Certified as an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, by the Association of Drugless Practitioners

  • Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), by the International Association of Yoga Therapists

My Training

  • Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, M.A. in Creative Arts Therapy, magna cum laude

  • Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, B.F.A., cum laude

  • Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York, New York, Certification as an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach

  • Glenmore Yoga and Wellness Center, Richmond, Virginia, Yoga Teacher Training Program, 200 & 500 Hour