SARAH ALEXANDER, LCSW

I am owner and founder of Brave Acorn. I received my Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1995 with a double major in Psychology and Women’s Studies. I began practicing full-time as a therapist in 2001. I received my Master of Social Work degree from Portland State University in 2005 and have been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of Oregon since 2008. I have worked in a community mental health setting for substance abuse, a day-treatment setting for eating disorders, a university counseling center, and an outpatient trauma treatment center. I teach graduate counseling students in the Eating Disorder Certificate track at Lewis and Clark College and was president of the board for the Columbia River Eating Disorder Network 2017-2019. I teach clients the Language of Emotions (based on the work of Karla McLaren).

I work only with adults (i.e. people who are no longer living with, nor financially dependent upon, their parents) in individual counseling.