Sandra Bowling
Holistic Psychotherapist based in California
East Bay Area, CA | Available In Person and Online
Feel more fully alive, present, and empowered in your day to day life.
Hello and welcome to my website. Searching for a therapist can be a chore especially if stress is high. I hope the information here is helpful in sharing about my background and style as a clinician. Please reach out with any clarifying questions or for a complimentary consultation.
I’m in my 20th year of practice providing trauma-informed Somatic and Transpersonal therapy and coaching for depth oriented holistic healing. I bring care and curiosity to exploring the experience and patterns in both your internal and external world, through your thoughts, beliefs, somatic experience and relationships. Through guidance and education, you will benefit by gaining insights and learning new skills to practice from our first session onward. Please read on for more details.
Let’s turn towards the tender and unknown spaces within. Every action, thought and feeling connects to a function and/or meaning. We can make discoveries here that inform your choices. I look forward to helping you meet new versions of yourself with the practice and care engaging in therapy can offer.
My Clients AND I OFTEN WORK THROUGH
Negative self talk and negative self image.
Symptoms of anxiety, grief and depression.
Relationship issues, attachment wounds, and/or seeking change.
In monogamous, open, and polyamorous relationships.
Symptoms of emotional fatigue, empathetic burnout, and difficulty with boundaries.
Stress related to managing chronic health conditions.
Managing acute stress, crisis support, and PTSD recovery.
Life transitions, identity changing, and existential or spiritual crisis.
Testimonials
“Sandra has helped me navigate some of the toughest challenges of my life. She’s very empathetic and supportive, but I think what I admire the most about her is her original perspective.”
“Working with Sandra has helped me lessen my anxiety, increased my ability to sit with the unknown, and foster a greater capacity to engage in honest communication. I would not be the person I am today without Sandra and her constant support over the years.”
My Experience
I attained my Master’s degree in Transpersonal and Somatic Psychology from John F. Kennedy University in 2008, and became licensed in 2011. Along with my private practice I have a background working in community mental health, as well as providing mental health support services at summer camps and remote gatherings centered around community education and healing. I’ve also been practicing sound therapy, energy and body work for 14 years.
My Therapy Style and Beliefs
STYLE
I combine mindfulness and somatic regulation tools with cognitive therapies to support you strengthening your self knowledge and confidence. Through a combination of education and skills training you will both increase your sense of empowerment and body awareness, and have expanded capacity for gaining insights, while navigating your thoughts, emotions and relational experiences.
BELIEFS
Being a human being in the modern world is not an easy endeavor, no matter what your circumstances are, suffering and loss are inevitable. Learning to hold oneself by developing the capacity to be with strong feelings, while also knowing one's boundaries, enables navigating life’s journey with more ease. We are not meant to go through this alone. Together we can foster the space for deeper work while making lasting changes in how you carry yourself, and how you meet the world.