Welcome to Aviva

Sarah Rosen Garrett

LCSW-S, RPT-S, RYT-200
As an integrative therapist and founder of Aviva, I believe in holistic and integrative care that bridges ancient wisdom with modern advances in neuroscience and evidence-based care.

For 28 years, I have walked alongside individuals navigating complex trauma, grief and loss, and profound life transitions. My journey began in the classroom with Teach for America as a special education teacher in an underserved public school—a foundational experience where I was twice honored as Teacher of the Year. It was here that my lifelong commitment to equity, human resilience, and neurodivergent-affirming, trauma-informed care was born.

My passion for innovative and accessible mental health care led me into the nonprofit sector, where I founded, scaled, and led a successful nonprofit organization, Phoenix Center. Having served as a psychotherapist, CEO, and lead Clinical Supervisor, I spent over two decades designing trauma-informed clinical systems, developing an integrative model of care, planning therapeutic camps and retreats, and mentoring the future generation of therapists. Today, I serve on the Board at Phoenix Center.

Grounded in psychotherapy, somatic and integrative healing modalities and trauma-informed care, this practice is a dedicated safe space for women navigating complex trauma, grief, loss, burnout, significant life transitions, perimenopause and menopause. These biological milestones are far more than physical changes - they are profound psychological and spiritual initiations.

As a speaker and published author, I have presented at conferences in Texas, nationally, and internationally, and continue to offer advanced training and consultation for mental health care professionals. I am the author of the book Phoenix Rising—a modern tale of overcoming adversity—and my clinical work includes a co-authored article in Play Therapy Magazine with Lindsey Humphrey Crelia.

Whether you join me for depth psychotherapy, integrative therapies, or an immersive healing retreat, my goal is to provide the sacred space and clinical depth you need to shed what no longer serves you and rise fully into your next chapter as your true self. My work bridges:

• Clinical psychotherapy

  • 22 years of experience

  • Licensed psychotherapist (LCSW-S)

  • Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S)

  • Board Approved Supervisor offering supervision and training for therapists (LCSW-S, RPT-S)

  • EMDR trained

  • Over 20 years of experience leading innovative and immersive therapeutic camps and retreats, including founding, leading, and scaling a nonprofit organization (Phoenix Center, 2007), developing a trauma-informed model of care, and providing clinical consultation and trauma-informed trainings for mental health professionals, communities, and schools.

  • Specialization in trauma-informed care, PTSD, and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), traumatic grief, spiritual and religious trauma, parenting high needs children, family systems, trauma-informed parenting, developmental trauma, adoption and foster care, attachment, neurodivergence, Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs), executive stress and burnout, vicarious trauma, midlife transitions, perimenopause, menopause, depression, suicide, self-harm, anxiety, and more.

  • Neurodivergent, LGBTQIA+ & BIPOC affirming safe space.
    

• Creative and experiential therapies

  • Specialization, certification and advanced training in art therapy, sand tray therapy, play therapy, EMDR, nature-based therapy & animal-assisted therapies.

  • In addition to extensive art therapy training, Sarah is an artist and writer, and personally believes in the healing power of the creative arts. Learn more about Sarah’s book here.
    

• Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)

  • trained in KAP (Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy) and psychedelic preparation and integration using a Jungian depth psychotherapy model

  • sessions available for individuals, couples, and groups

    • in-person and online options

    • openings for new clients in January 2027
      

• Somatic healing (Yin Yoga, Sound Healing, Meditation, Reiki Energy Healing)

  • Certified Sound Healer (sound healing)

  • Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200), specializing in Trauma-Informed Yin Yoga

  • Master Reiki Practitioner

  • Meditation, Mindfulness, and Holistic Wellness Coaching
    

• Spirituality

  • I believe in the integration of mind, body and spirit. You are welcome to bring spirituality and your spiritual beliefs into our sessions. Please note that this is optional and your beliefs and personal preferences are honored at all times.

  • My approach is inclusive, trauma-informed and your personal beliefs are deeply respected. Questions? Please contact me to learn more.

  • Depth Circles are offered for groups and personally curated for your needs; please contact us for more information.

During the last 6 years, after experiencing the depths of traumatic grief during the initiation of perimenopause and menopause, a series of spiritual awakenings lead to years of deeper healing, advanced training in holistic therapies, integration, and transformative growth. Having personally walked this path, it would be my profound honor to walk beside you.

Our journey of healing, integration, and rediscovering wholeness is ever unfolding and the “nectar is in the journey.”

My guiding philosophy is that true healing is not about managing symptoms; it is an act of deep, sovereign reclamation. The remembering of who you truly are underneath any painful or traumatic life experiences.

You are not broken. You are already Whole.

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“Hope begins in the dark.” — Anne Lamott

“Midlife is your initiation, not your decline.”

— Anonymous

The only thing that was ever wrong with me was my belief that there was something wrong with me.”
― Glennon Doyle