Sarah Collins, MS, MDiv, LPC, NCC
Sarah is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC012015) specializing in working with women on identity formation and development, building healthy relationships with others and self, life stage transitions, spiritual concerns, and grief and loss.
The relationship with the self supports all other relationships in our lives. Sarah’s work with clients centers around exploring and strengthening the foundational relationship with the self, to include: identity formation and personal growth, building self-trust, and the integration of faith/spirituality as desired. Sarah supports her clients in bringing their lives into greater alignment with their personal values, so that they may feel more at home within themselves and more empowered to express themselves authentically. She listens for the wisdom in her clients’ experiences and empowers them as active participants in their growth process. Sarah assists clients with values clarification, identifying and expressing emotions, establishing and maintaining boundaries, exploring purpose and meaning, self esteem/self worth, living and communicating authentically, codependence recovery, and developing personal agency. She is passionate about Cultivate Counseling’s mission to help women cultivate joy, courage, and freedom as they pursue emotional, mental, and spiritual health.
Sarah’s personal and professional identity has been shaped by her dual training in mental/emotional health and spiritual health. She earned an M.Div. from Candler School of Theology at Emory University and previously worked as a Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) in the fields of palliative care, hospice, and mental health. Through her work in these diverse contexts, she developed a passionate interest in the relationship between spiritual health and mental/emotional health. While continuing her work in chaplaincy, she studied Clinical Mental Health Counseling and graduated with an M.S. from Mercer University. Sarah gained experience in acute mental health treatment, substance abuse recovery, and group counseling prior to transitioning into private practice at Cultivate Counseling.
An Atlanta native, Sarah enjoys gardening, exploring the North Georgia mountains with her husband, and going on walks with her rescue dog.
To hear Sarah’s interview with Still Becoming as she discusses her service work in Kolkata, her perspective on grief/loss, living and dying well, and her approach to counseling, click here.