Teletherapy for Brookline, MA

I love helping clients who feel stuck with anxiety, depression, or trauma become “unstuck.” In my therapy space, I strive to create a supportive environment for people to explore their emotions – and the experiences that shaped those emotions. With individuals, couples, and families, I work collaboratively to understand how previous dynamics, especially with families of origin, contribute to their current thoughts and coping skills. When clients understand how their past relationships influence their current selves, they are better able to build new futures, with greater self-acceptance, growth, new skills, and overall happiness.

I feel that finding the right therapist is absolutely essential to treatment. I believe that no one therapist can meet the needs of each patient that steps into their office. I pride myself on my ability to connect with others and form genuine therapeutic relationships. I empower and help my patients to learn the abilities and skills needed to live their lives to the highest quality so they will one day no longer need to see me. Supporting and encouraging independence is key in my therapeutic practice.

Deciding to seek any form of support isn't always the easiest decision. Recognizing that you want to connect with a professional about anxiety, depression, previous trauma or just someone to talk to with an impartial view, is a tremendous step in your growth as an individual. I pride myself on my ability to meet with my clients where they are at. To genuinely listen to them without judgement. Ensuring that they know I am on their team and want to help them achieve their goals. My primary goal is for the clients I work with to feel as comfortable and rewarded as possible through this process.

There is no way to adequately describe the experience of living with depression and anxiety. For the roughly 14% of Americans who suffer from these conditions, everyday activities, such as going to work, speaking in class, even meeting friends for dinner, can become agonizing challenges accompanied by a host of negative physical and emotional symptoms. Perhaps you've noticed your face burning when you speak in public; have felt like an impostor at work and wait to be "found out," or maybe you've experienced a surge of panic (racing-heart, trouble breathing, dizziness, nausea) when you least expected it?

Accepting New Patients (MA, NC)… Greetings! Struggling with depression? I specialize in the individualized and compassionate treatment of depression. I aspire to help our patients recover and return to their lives and relationships feeling whole again. I help people boost happiness, mood, meaning in life, joy, self-care, and overall well-being and flourishing, with evidence-based psychological and medical interventions.

Accepting New Patients (MA, NC)… Greetings! Struggling with depression? I specialize in the individualized and compassionate treatment of depression. I aspire to help our patients recover and return to their lives and relationships feeling whole again. I help people boost happiness, mood, meaning in life, joy, self-care, and overall well-being and flourishing, with evidence-based psychological and medical interventions.

Are you tired of cycling between perfectionism, guilt, and burnout? If you are afraid of disappointing people, freak out at the idea of failure, and feel exhausted trying to meet your own (or their?) standards, then you’re in the right place. Together we can untangle the shame, fear, and exhaustion you feel at keeping everyone else happy but yourself. YOU are the expert on you - not your parents or religion! You can unlearn the stories you were taught and rewrite your own. You deserve to make decisions based on your own goals and dreams, set better boundaries, and build a new relationship with yourself.

I am a certified pain coach trained in Pain Reprocessing Therapy, the Curable curriculum on pain neuroscience, Emotional Awareness & Expression Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Health & Wellness Coaching, and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. I teach clients evidence-based tools emerging from cutting-edge pain neuroscience so that they can learn to calm their own nervous systems, and subsequently, their own pain. I know firsthand the profound healing power of mindbody medicine: after decades disempowered by pain, I got my life back, only better. I am here to help empower others so they too can reclaim lives of meaning & joy.

My “ideal” client is you! I welcome pretty much anyone who needs help. Psychotherapy is always about the supportive relationship between therapist and client, no matter what the specific orientation of the clinician. We can approach the issue from any number of angles. These angles, or techniques, are: whatever works. Period. Whatever brings you relief. I will work very hard for you.

***ONLINE TELE-HEALTH SESSIONS***CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS; WE TAKE ALL MAJOR INSURANCES*** We provide one-on-one compassionate, whole-person care and longitudinal clinical alliances for persons struggling with weight gain. We aim for precision targeting of root causes of obesity, and provide a comprehensive medical + psychosocial diagnostic and treatment plan, with Harvard Medical School trained clinical advice, and evidence-based scientific interventions, and a personalized treatment plan, as we honor your full dignity and accompany you in solidarity, care, and partnership through your weight loss journey with us.

Loss, failure and separation are the top root causes of many forms of suffering in life. But they are not always evident, we may live through them at a young age, or simply not feel their impact until long after. A psychotherapist for over 24 years, I have spent a good amount of time helping people who suffered from a variety of emotional and relational problems created by one or a combination of these causes, ranging from basic unhappiness to workplace conflicts, unhealthy relationships, divorces and separations, parents struggling to mend bridges with their children, to painful experiences of migration, trauma and even torture.

I have over 15 years of experience treating children under 10 and their families. I understand the intense worry and uncertainty that can come when a child is struggling—as well as the stress, exhaustion, and even guilt that results from grappling with complex parenting issues—and I’m here to help. Behavioral and emotional problems that crop up in the first decade of life are often very treatable, and taking action early can help put your child on a better path for the future. My goal is to help clients target specific problems, experience rapid, sustainable, meaningful improvement, and move forward with confidence, skill, and joy.

One of the most important goals in my practice is to foster a warm and genuine empathic environment where my clients can develop a sense of trust and well-being. My clients have sought out my help to manage: anxiety, panic attacks, depression, trauma, and cross-cultural issues; they may want to improve their relationships, low self-esteem, artistic struggles, sports performance difficulties as well as vocational and academic issues. I have a couple of open spots currently available for teletherapy. Feel free to send me a message and I usually respond within 24-48 hours.

If only I knew then what I know now about the mind-body connection; the integration of breathe, the power of intuition and the transformation that comes with stillness. I know what it feels like to want to crawl out of my own skin, to look in the rear-view mirror and to rush through miscellaneous tasks without real purpose. I am talking about the difference between living and existing. The difference between doing and being. You are not alone —- but you can’t do this by yourself because if you could, you would have by now.

I take great pride in working thoughtfully to create a welcoming, safe space for each and every client who steps into my office. As I truly believe that each person requires and deserves a well-considered, customized approach to enhance their therapeutic experience, I draw from a variety of techniques and theoretical approaches based on the individual and their presenting issues. From small scale circumstances to traumatic experiences, I work diligently to gently guide my clients to deeper levels of emotional understanding and comfort. *** Dr. Sawtelle is currently not accepting new patients.***

The clients I work with know how much I love and deeply respect the work we do together. Using a combination of narrative therapy, strengths based therapy and psychodynamic methods, I help each person establish their personal story and identify their personal goals. In addition to talk therapy, I am an EMDR practitioner and use this treatment to relieve trauma and advance clinical treatments. Please visit my website for more info or contact me to set up a quick phone call.

Do you want to see yourself with more acceptance and compassion? Self-criticism can make you afraid of failing and can undermine motivation. In an accepting atmosphere, I can help you to understand your fears, and to see the patterns that interfere with a happier and richer life. Using our relationship, sensorimotor techniques, and EMDR, we can work together toward developing self-compassion and increasing your range of choices in life.