Sarah Ross, Ph.D.

05/14/2025

02/03/2021

Selfie with Hawk

09/15/2020

Give your body the felt sense of, “I am held.”

07/14/2020

Happy 100th Birthday to Anna Halprin!

Thank you for the gift of your embodied presence and teaching me to come home to my body.

03/26/2020

I love this piece (and so many others) by a favorite local artist, . It reminds me of the rising sun, the East, and the symbolism of birth and new beginnings.

Taking time each day to connect with the predictable rhythms of the natural world - the rising and setting of the sun, the sounds/language of birds, etc. - has been a tremendous resource to me over the past weeks. While I’m honoring and making space for the myriad of emotions that are arising amidst the pandemic, I find I must take time to shift my attention throughout the day to sources of beauty.

This practice of Shifting Attention is foundational in resolving trauma/accumulated stress and supporting regulation of the Autonomic Nervous System. “Trauma,” or experiences of overwhelm in our nervous systems, capture our attention in such a away that it can be difficult to focus on anything else. The corresponding survival physiology in our nervous systems to this fixed attention is designed for short term situations, and when it lasts too long takes a tremendous toll on us physically and psychologically.

I’m grateful for the many sources of beauty and goodness - and the moments of grace to shift attention to them- to support each and everyone of us in caring for our human family and the earth at this time.

11/04/2019

I'm excited to share this 10 min interview I did explaining my work. :) Enjoy!

I am a psychotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in private practice in Berkeley, CA. I offer therapeutic work on indigenous land of the Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone people. I am passionate about the integration of mind and body in the healing of individual and collective trauma. I specia...

09/27/2019

“My” Outdoor Psychotherapy “Office.”

08/26/2019

7 Week Women’s Therapy Group @ Tilden Park

In response to the intensity and challenges of the times we’re living in, I am creating a women’s therapy group that will be held outdoors - with the redwoods and trickling creek in Tilden Park. For those who experience deep care and deep feelings in response to the world, this is an invitation to come together to experience the support of a group of women and the other than human environment at Tilden to access resilience and a sense of empowerment.

Please contact me for more info.
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