Sara Schramer, MA LCPC

About My Work

I help people build secure attachments and connections to coregulate and soothe in their relationships.

I seek to soothe and connect. I genuinely believe that we all need a safe and secure space to show up, be, express, and explore. I seek to help clients navigate life through passionate, relationally driven, Emotionally Focused Therapy. I want to form Soothing Connections with everyone I see as a basis of relationship. I focus on compassion and holding value for clients in each session, knowing that is core to what every human needs.

I love the work I am privileged to do with clients and feel thankful to partner in the process.

My desire is for clients to experience being seen, known, and valued as we join together in the process of healing and growing.

My Style

I am a trained Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Therapist dedicated to help couples and individuals strengthen their bonds together.

I specialize in helping couples and individuals break free from cycles that consistently have them in distress and feeling stuck, helpless, alone, unheard, and disconnected.

I value relationships and will work for your relationship, as long as that is your goal. If your goal changes, I will gently help you pivot a new pathway as needed.

I have an attachment-based lens, with a supportive style that supports you as we build connection in our work together.

I take a collaborative approach to allow me to know clients’ stories and experiences. It is important to me to know my clients, their values, interests, strengths, and personality to adapt to their personal needs in therapy. This helps me focus on clients’ goals and desired outcomes in treatment.

My Role

I see my role as being a safe person to walk alongside you, to create a safe space with you, and to help you hold things with compassion, so that we can sort through them.

Why EFT?

I want to help couples to create lasting change.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a highly researched and empirically validated therapy- it’s proven, tried and true- and it has substantial outcome studies- it continues to work.

EFT goes beyond problem solving the points of conflict couples often experience. I often tell my couples that couples are creative in their arguments, but most tend to follow a pattern. Instead of debating the “problem of the week,” I help my couples develop an understanding and pathway to work through the true issues driving a wedge between them. EFT gets to the root of what is going on “within and between” couples which allows couples to make new discoveries about themselves and their partners in relationship changing ways. I often give the example to my couples that mowing the lawn will get rid of dandelions for a week, but to really address the issue of the dandelions, you have to get to the roots, to understand what is going on and how to treat it; it is similar with couples therapy. I use EFT to help couples identify the root issues going on and help them to treat those issues using attachment healing and support to guide couples through growth.

EFT brings more clarity, understanding, compassion, and soothing and those are the things I want to share with my couples.

How does EFT work?

Great question!
I want my couples to understand EFT and how it will look different from “typical” couples counseling.

I often hear from my couples that have done other forms of couples counseling that EFT makes more sense, feels different, and helps them understand patterns that have been going on for years.

In the beginning sessions, I will help couples understand the process of EFT, what sessions will look like and why, and help couples to share their experiences in ways that are helpful.

Connecting with your therapist is incredibly important.

Who I work with:

  • Growth Oriented


    Folks who are ready and willing to grow.

    One of my personal values is growth and I thrive when I work with clients that value growth in their lives as well.

    Growth Oriented looks like:
    I know what I want to get out of therapy and I am ready to make changes to get to it.

  • Highly Motivated


    Folks who are ready and willing to make change.

    I work with clients who are ready to work, now. While building connection together is still necessary, these clients know what they want and are ready to get after it, with some help of course.

    Highly Motivated looks like:
    I know therapy will require some sacrifices and changes, and I’m ready to take those steps together.

  • Committed


    Folks who are ready and willing to commit to hard and vulnerable work.

    Commitment to the therapeutic process is essential. I work with clients that are focused and prioritizing therapy as an important part of their lives.

    Commitment looks like:
    I am willing to consistently meet at our therapy time and work to look for and apply experiential change both inside and outside of the therapy office as well.