About Sara Ouimette, LMFT in Oakland, CA
You don’t need to have it all figured out to begin. You just need a place to start.
I’m Sara, a depth psychotherapist based in Oakland, CA. I offer therapy for highly sensitive people, women, caregivers, and seekers—people who feel things deeply, who long for connection, and who are ready to come home to themselves.
My work is warm, intuitive, soulful, and rooted in depth psychology. I believe that healing happens in relationship—when we feel truly seen, accepted, and allowed to unfold at our own pace.
I’m not here to fix you. I’m here to walk beside you as you begin to understand yourself in a deeper way—to grieve what was lost, reclaim what’s been hidden, and rediscover the truth of who you are.
How I Got Here
Like many therapists, I was first drawn to this work through my own healing. There was a time when I felt like something was wrong with me—like I was too much, too emotional, too sensitive. It was through depth psychotherapy that I began to understand myself, not as broken, but as someone carrying pain that made sense. Someone who had learned to survive in a world that didn’t always know how to care for sensitivity.
I learned about intergenerational trauma. I learned about being a highly sensitive person. I began to feel compassion for the child in me who had never felt quite safe, who had always been watching, adapting, intuiting. And I began the slow, tender work of reparenting her—of building a life that felt aligned with who I truly am.
This work changed me. It still does.
My Approach
Therapy with me is not formulaic. It’s relational, dynamic, and emotionally attuned. I draw from Jungian, psychodynamic, and transpersonal traditions, but more than anything, I work with you—your story, your symptoms, your images, your longings.
Together, we explore unconscious patterns, inner child wounds, spiritual questions, and the shadowy places that want your attention. We listen to the body. We welcome dreams. We make space for grief, for complexity, for silence. There is no rush.
This is therapy that honors the mystery—without losing the ground.
Who I Work With
I work well with people who feel a little different—highly sensitive people, deep thinkers, caregivers, creatives, and women navigating the quiet ache of burnout, grief, or longing.
I’m especially drawn to working with:
• Women navigating anxiety, depression, or disconnection
• Highly sensitive people who’ve been told they’re too much
• People facing grief, loss, or life transitions
• Those recovering from spiritual trauma or reclaiming their inner voice
• Therapists, healers, and helpers in need of their own tending
• Clients integrating psychedelic experiences or navigating cannabis use
Whether you’re feeling raw, stuck, curious, or quietly unraveling, you’re welcome here.
Therapy is a sacred space. It’s where we begin to remember what it means to be whole.
If you’re ready to begin—or simply curious—I’d love to connect. You don’t have to have the perfect words or a clear plan. Just bring yourself.
Psychotherapy Education & Training
Licensed psychotherapist in California (LMFT #93508)
B.A. in Psychology, Claremont McKenna College in California
M.A. in Integrative Counseling Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco, CA)
Advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, The Psychotherapy Institute (Berkeley, CA)
Training certificate in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Adherence rating training certificate in MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy with M.A.P.S.
Ongoing, weekly professional consultation with a senior psychotherapist
Recently trained in Jungian-Oriented Psychotherapy at the Jung Institute of Northern California (3 years)
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
Member of The Psychotherapy Institute (Berkeley, CA)
Member of The Jung Institute of Northern California (San Francisco, CA)
Formly on the Board of Directors at SHINE Collective (a non-profit for survivors of psychedelic harm)
Former member of The Society of Cannabis Clinicians
Adherence Rater and volunteer with the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (Now Lykos Therapeutics) 2016 - 2022
Listed on the Perception Restoration Foundation Specialist Directory
Listed on the Highly Sensitive Person Therapist Directory on Dr. Elaine Aron’s website
Ordained minister with the Universal Life Church
Trained End of Life Doula with INELDA (International End of Life Doula Association)
Volunteer therapist with the Women’s Cancer and Resource Center