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Offerings for My Women

Being a contented woman throughout the lifespan often requires us to periodically look beneath the layers we have accumulated, reassess what no longer serves us, and thoughtfully deconstruct and rebuild. Twenty years of working specifically with women has given me a unique understanding of the nuanced needs that arise across each stage of life. It has also allowed me to identify which evidence-based approaches truly create lasting change and to develop my own protocols informed by both science and decades of clinical experience.

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Being adults, we sometimes forget just how profound adolescent struggles feel. The challenges our teens face matter, and how they move through them can shape the strength, confidence, and self-understanding they carry into adulthood.  I often work with older adolescents and, when beneficial, bring families together to cultivate deeper understanding and genuine connection across generations. My goal is for each young person to leave our time together having explored the essential questions: Who am I?  What matters to me?  Who do I want to become?

And because I know that parents are entrusting me with their "baby"—regardless of age—I welcome any questions, concerns, or philosophical conversations before beginning. I believe trust starts long before the first session.

Adolescent Intentioning

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Intentional Dating

My goal for my single clients is that they discover who they are, what they want and "advertise" as such.  You deserve to present yourself as you are.  I will help you.  No more wasted time playing the "I'll play it this way" game.  Don't spend weeks chatting over the apps and emails, you don't have time for that.  I'd love to see you bravely, ask questions that are important to your future, meet in person sooner so that you can either have a match or move on to the next and have fun!  The processes is exhausting so let's conserve your energy so you don't have to take "dating breaks". 

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Elder Woman ReIntentioning

Over the years I've had the privilege of working with women well into their 80s.  I don't know how it started,  but this beautiful phenomenon has became more and more regular.  My women perhaps lost their spouse or a best friend and looked around and thought, "I wonder who I could be now?"  Just by asking the right questions, some never asked of them before, they unfold and bloom into women that they may have never known they had the option to be. 

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Intentional Mother- Daughtering

One of the most sacred and precarious relationships that exists is that between a mother and her daughter. Raising a child to be who we are in some ways and nothing like us in others is a mind-boggling endeavor. It's nuanced, muddy, and often filled with plenty of "redos."

The privilege of helping two magnificent women—bound together by something both powerful and inexplicable—navigate the bumps and soft spaces of their relationship is work I find endlessly meaningful. Bearing witness to their growing understanding of one another, while honoring the individuality of each, never ceases to feel sacred to me.

385 Kimberly Ave

Asheville,  NC 28804

Tel: 303-957-7221 (call or text)

sarahmbarkley@gmail.com

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*A note for newcomers to therapy:

We are going to hit the ground running. You don't have to have all of your thoughts organized, jump right in with what is important to share when you walk in and the details will come as they are needed.

                                               xoxo,

                                                   Sarah

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