Sarah Bunter, LMFT 99202

Before becoming a psychotherapist, I studied anthropology with a deep interest in collecting people’s stories. I took that curiousity and now apply it to the field of psychotherapy. I can relate to many different backgrounds due to my past and life experiences traveling around the globe as well as studying cultures and how people interacted day-to-day in the past as well as present. Due to this life experience, I am able to assess a patient and find ways to help them inside and outside of the box.

• B.A., Anthropology at UCSB
• M.A., Anthropology at UCR
• M.S., Counseling Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy at CLU

My Methods

I start by taking a thorough comprehensive patient history in order to look at how these unconscious urges which are typically developed when we are children affect us in adulthood. This allows me to assess a patient after listening to what their principle complaint is and coordinate different therapeutic tools to help with that. I approach the healing process as a psychodynamic psychotherapist combined with a humanistic perspective with the purpose of bringing the unconscious to the conscious while providing the patient with a more caring and empathetic atmosphere.