Sandra has been practicing psychotherapy since 2004 and brings more than 20 years of clinical experience to her work with adults, couples, and families. She earned both her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Social Work degrees with high honors from the University of Southern California and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in both California and Colorado. She has also served as an adjunct professor in Colorado State University’s Master of Social Work program and has provided clinical supervision to graduate interns and therapists pursuing licensure.
Throughout her career, Sandra has worked in a variety of mental health and medical settings, including psychiatric outpatient clinics, urgent care, and inpatient and outpatient medical programs in Los Angeles. She has collaborated closely with psychiatrists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals while working with clients from a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences.
Today, Sandra’s practice focuses on Christian counseling for adults ages 18 and older, couples, and families. She specializes in anxiety, depression, grief and loss, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), trauma and PTSD, relationship and marriage concerns, self-esteem, boundaries, interpersonal difficulties, parenting concerns, and family dynamics.
Sandra’s approach is warm, compassionate, and grace-filled, but also gentle and direct. She believes therapy can be a place where clients feel deeply understood while also being challenged toward growth. Her work integrates evidence-based clinical approaches with a biblical Christian worldview, helping clients pursue greater emotional health, self-awareness, healthier relationships, and spiritual maturity without separating faith from the counseling process.
As a trained EMDR therapist, Sandra utilizes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to help clients process trauma, PTSD, anxiety, panic, and other distressing experiences.
Sandra especially enjoys working with couples and marriages. She is passionate about helping couples understand the patterns beneath their conflict, improve communication, strengthen emotional connection, establish healthier boundaries, and move toward greater unity. Within Christian counseling, she also helps couples consider how grace, truth, personal responsibility, forgiveness, and growth can shape a Christ-centered relationship. Her goal is not simply to help couples communicate better, but to help each person grow individually while strengthening the marriage as a whole.
Sandra also provides individual counseling for clients navigating emotional, relational, and spiritual challenges, as well as parenting support for those seeking healthier ways to respond to family dynamics. Her therapeutic approach is integrative and tailored to each client rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all model.
She is also trained in animal-assisted therapy, and Archie, her certified therapy dog, joins her in the office several days each week. His calm, affectionate presence can help create a comfortable environment, provide emotional support, and reduce stress during therapy sessions.
Outside of her practice, Sandra values faith, family, and community. She and her husband, James, met while serving together in worship ministry in Los Angeles and relocated to Colorado in 2012. They have been married for more than 21 years and have a daughter. Sandra and James continue to be actively involved in their church and the Northern Colorado community.
