Sara ToddAccepting new clients

I have worked in the mental health field for 20 years providing quality mental health care to marginalized communities. I believe that individual transformation is collective liberation. My professional experience has included work in psychiatric hospitals, community mental health, LGBTQ community center, mental health services research, rural primary care and long-term substance use treatment. My therapeutic approach is grounded in psychoanalytic (also referred to as psychodynamic) theory. I participated in the fellowship programs with the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. I obtained a Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, which required two years of post-graduate advanced clinical training. I currently meet weekly with a psychoanalyst and monthly with a psychoanalytic case consultation group to discuss my clinical work. Additionally, I have taken courses and received training in: the integration of mindfulness and psychotherapy, feminist-relational treatment of complex trauma, medication assisted recovery, harm-reduction, and somatic practices. I consider myself a life-long student and am always engaged in deepening my therapeutic skills.