Sarah Palakawong, AMFT, APCC

I am an experienced therapist dedicated to supporting clients from minority backgrounds find solutions to issues with anxiety, stress, depression and trauma healing.

Our journey through therapy starts with getting to know you, such as your family background, your cultural background, and your values. We will acknowledge both your strengths and your challenges in life, pinpointing the experiences you would like to process during our time together. From there, we will collaborate on short-term and long-term goals; this will be a working list, depending on where you feel you are on your journey. Always feel free to communicate to me what is working or not for you or what has changed and we can adjust and accommodate. Along the way to reaching your goals, I will introduce techniques and therapeutic tools for you to try out; I will guide your self-reflections and self-discoveries; and, I will reassure you through our collaboration and process.

While I look forward to working with any and all clients, I connect best with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ individuals who are having a hard time with fortifying their identities, family dynamic issues, and struggling with phases of life problems (becoming independent adults, moving away from home, etc.). Through lived-in experience, I relate to Southeast Asian-American, queer identities; geo-socially, I grew up in a Latinx-majority community. I have experience with Complex PTSD and childhood traumatic experiences.

Top Challenges I Work Best With:
- Asian Identified Minority Stress & Issues
- Relationship Support
- PTSD/Trauma Recovery
- Anxiety
- Life Transitions
- LGBTQI Affirmative Support