About Sarah Boorstin

I have an office in Shermans Oaks and also provide telehealth to residents throughout the state of California on the secure platform SimplePractice. 

I want you to feel nurtured and supported while we explore together what's going on conceptually for you, build on your strengths, and find actionable items to help you feel better. 

I prioritize respectful, neurodiversity-affirming care and have experience working with individuals of various backgrounds including those in the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals from numerous racial and ethnic groups, and those who ascribe to a number of different faiths.

• I utilize the following evidence-based therapies:
• CBT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Depression
• ERP: Exposure and Response Prevention for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• CPT: Cogntive Processing Therapy for Trauma & PTSD

• Transition to Parenthood, Postpartum Struggles, and Positive Parenting (including Gottman Bringing Baby Home.)
• Individual Therapy
• Couples Therapy (Gottman Style Couples Therapy, and the treatment of affairs and betrayals.)
• Couples Therapy when OCD is present
• Family Therapy 
• Military families: my previous work as a civilian therapist on Naval Base San Diego familiarized me with the unique struggles of active duty and veteran individuals and families.

Read more about my services including treatment planning and additional specific areas of focus. 

· Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist: MFC 49436

· National Certified Counselor: NCC 668297

· I am a member of the International OCD Foundation and I have attended an IOCDF BTTI (Behavioral Therapy Training Institute) training.

· Member, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

· SPACE, Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (attended training)

· Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Level 1 Clinical Training completed with John and Julie Gottman, Bridging the Couple Chasm. 

· Gottman Institute Certified Bringing Baby Home Educator (+attended training)

· Treating Affair Couples: An Integrative Approach (Douglas Snyder, PhD) (attended training)

· CPT, Cognitive Processing Therapy for Military and Veteran Populations (attended training)

· TFCBT, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents (attended training)

· Table Leader, Naval Base San Diego Women Ashore Conference

· Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Facilitator

· Member, Zeiders Enterprises Behavioral Health Network

My undergraduate work was completed in both Public Policy, Management, & Planning and Psychology. Studying these two disciplines concurrently solidified my belief that sound mental health and feeling well emotionally are the foundation for everything else in our lives.

I then received a Master of Science with Distinction in Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy and feel very lucky to have a career doing what I love. Contact me.