Sarah Barry, LMFT

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Mt Airy, Pennsylvania

What kind of therapist am I?

If we’re going to spill our guts or discover things about ourselves, we want to do it with someone who is safe, warm, and authentic. I’m a family systems therapist by training, and you’ll probably hear me talk about family dynamics a lot. It’s my passion. I love working with all different kinds of people, and I’ll always start with your family (yep, that’s your childhood!). I am trained in attachment based therapy, and I draw from internal family systems (IFS), which identifies the different parts of each person. I also use mindfulness and somatic therapy, which means listening to your body and responding to it, and cognitive behavioral (CBT) / structural therapy, which means making practical changes to how you think about and respond to your environment in order to lower anxiety and prepare you to explore more deeply.

Usually the people who find me appealing are looking someone who will challenge them as well as connect with them. People who stay aren’t looking for a nodder - you know, someone who just nods along.

I’m a firm believer in splitting the work. That means I’ll do some, and I expect you to do some. The most transformative piece of therapy, and the biggest factor in lasting change is the relationship we form together. Not what I can tell you, but what you experience with me. That’s why I’m not one for social media, pithy comments, or super specific branding. None of that stuff connects us, it just links us to an algorithm.

I live and work in Mt Airy, Philadelphia, so I may look familiar if that’s where you live, too. I’m a neighborhood gal, with no plans of going anywhere.

Everyone and every family will find a welcoming space in my office, no matter what you look like, how you’ve been labeled in the past, or how you label yourself.