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Credentials & Bio
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Don’t let my casual, direct (sometimes sarcastic!) vibe fool you. I’ve done the work AND I have the clinical skills, tools and knowledge to help you do it, too. If I wanted to start tossing letters behind my name it would look like this:
Sarah Zeren, CPC, LSW, CAC II, ELI-MP
In real people speak this says Sarah Zeren is a:
- Certified Professional Coach
- Licensed Social Worker
- Certified Addictions Counselor (II)
- Energy Leadership Master Practitioner
I like these letters, worked hard for them and am very proud of them. However, I was raised to believe that they were what mattered, first and foremost. I no longer believe that. (Which is why they aren’t splayed across the top of my homepage).
I now believe what matters most is the combination of education + personal experience, coupled with the ability to connect with people precisely where they are in a non-biased, non judgmental way. This is paramount in clients feeling more supported and making strides that matter to them.
I do find that practitioners with higher educational backgrounds and clinical experience have an intensified understanding + respect for the importance of actualized outcomes, appropriate use of self in the personal development process, professional boundaries and for lack of a better term: they know when to say when. They know when they are outside of their scope, and when and how to refer out.
My Approach
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Prior to becoming a Certified Professional Coach, I had the skill set to open up a private practice, but clinical practice as a therapist just didn’t fit for me.
I think the run of the mill therapist / client approach is stale + outdated.
And if I feel this way – how must clients feel?
Coaching for me is a co-created experience: more hands on, more relaxed and more effective than counseling alone. It’s done over the phone, giving myself + my clients more freedom and flexibility. And because there’s no commuting to an appointment, there’s a decreased time investment which is a win:win for everyone ’cause you know – we’re all SUPER BUSY. I say this in jest, but hey – it’s true!
The coaching approach can be more comprehensive and better supports the client in between sessions – where I’ve found more of the “aha moments” occur.
I’ll say this – I learned more about myself in 6 months of coaching than I have in countless years of therapy: how to be truly less judgmental of myself and others, how to quiet that inner critic, I developed a spiritual practice, and I now understand what radical self love and acceptance is.
I love the freedom that coaching provides me in really walking WITH my clients in their process more closely, bringing more of “me” to my work + providing a more personalized experience for my clients.
Utilizing reliable + effective, evidence-based practices and skill sets is a large part of what I bring to my work as a coach + counselor.
My tried and true favs:
- Core Energy Coaching
- CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Somatics (Body Centered Therapy)
- REBT (Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy)
- Mindfulness
Areas of Experience + Expertise:
- Being Happily Unhappy
- Trauma
- Mental Health
- Substance abuse
- Abusive relationships: physical + emotional
- Self-acceptance
- Grief
- Divorce
- Dysfunctional Relationships
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Ways to Work with Me
In addition to your not-at-all-run-of-the-mill coaching + counseling, here are 3 areas I specialize in. Click on each to learn more… what they mean, my experience with each, and how we work together so they don’t have to hold you back any longer.
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Sarah has helped my business, family, and especially me flourish. Through our time together, she helped open my eyes to what steps I needed to take to move both my personal and professional lives to the next level. Everyone should have a coach to help them gain a greater level of clarity and move beyond average and I am happy to say that Sarah is mine.
Phil P.
Just In Case You Missed it…
Watch this video to hear my story and learn how it’s impacted what I do today.
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