About Sara

You don’t have to figure this out alone.

I’m Sara (she/her), a queer therapist based in Portland, Oregon, and I specialize in providing queer affirming eating disorder therapy for teens and young adults navigating eating disorders, trauma, and identity in Portland, Oregon.

You might feel disconnected from your body, overwhelmed by internal pressure, or unsure how things got to this point. Often, there’s a deeper story underneath—of needing to cope, to belong, or to feel some sense of steadiness in a world that hasn’t always felt safe.

My role is to help you gently understand that story, and to build a relationship with yourself that feels more compassionate, more grounded, and more your own.

My Focus

I specialize in:

• Eating disorders (anorexia, OSFED, bulimia, binge eating)

• Disordered eating and body image concerns

• Trauma and its impact on the body and nervous system

• Queer and gender-expansive identity exploration

• Adolescent and young adult mental health

I offer therapy to clients across Oregon via telehealth, and I’m especially passionate about working with those who haven’t always felt fully seen, understood, or affirmed in traditional spaces.

My Approach

My work is relational, trauma-informed, and rooted in deep respect for your lived experience.

I believe:

• your symptoms make sense in context

• your relationship with your body deserves care, not control

• healing happens through connection, not isolation

In our work together, we’ll move at your pace—exploring patterns, making space for what’s been hard to hold, and building new ways of relating to yourself that feel more steady and sustainable.

Eating Disorders & the Bigger Picture

Eating disorders are not just about food.

They are often intertwined with:

• trauma

• identity

• perfectionism

• nervous system overwhelm

• and the experience of living in a body that hasn’t always felt safe

In therapy, we won’t just focus on behaviors. We’ll gently explore what those behaviors have been doing for you—what they’ve protected, expressed, or helped you survive—and begin to create new ways of meeting those needs.

Who I Work Best With

You might feel like a good fit for this work if:

• You’re struggling with your relationship to food or your body

• You feel stuck in patterns that are hard to shift on your own

• You want therapy that feels collaborative, affirming, and non-judgmental

• I specialize in working with folks who identify as queer, questioning, or gender-expansive