Business Details
Depth Psychotherapy for Adults in Oakland, CA
At Sara Ouimette California Psychotherapy, we specialize in depth-oriented psychotherapy for adults navigating life transitions, grief, and spiritual emergence. Our practice is rooted in the belief that healing occurs through deep, relational connection and a commitment to understanding the unconscious patterns that shape our lives. With a focus on highly sensitive individuals, women, and those seeking spiritual clarity, we provide a warm, intuitive, and soulful therapeutic environment. Our approach integrates Jungian, psychodynamic, and transpersonal traditions, emphasizing the importance of shadow work, dream analysis, and somatic awareness. We honor the complexity of each client's journey, offering a non-pathologizing space to explore grief, trauma, and existential questions.Our therapist brings lived experience as a highly sensitive person, alongside advanced training in psychedelic integration and ketamine-assisted therapy. We prioritize relational safety, ensuring clients feel seen and supported as they reclaim their authentic narratives. By fostering self-compassion and integrating unconscious material, we help clients transform pain into insight and rediscover their inner wholeness. Our commitment to ethical practice includes collaboration with other healthcare providers when additional support is needed.
Services
Grief Counseling
Psychedelic Integration Therapy
Cannabis Use Therapy
Spiritual Therapy
Therapy for Highly Sensitive People
Trauma Therapy
Therapy for Women
Professional Consultation for Therapists
Highlights and features
- We offer depth-oriented psychotherapy rooted in Jungian, psychodynamic, and transpersonal traditions.
- Our therapist is a highly sensitive person with extensive training in psychedelic integration.
- We provide a safe, nonjudgmental space for exploring complex emotions and spiritual experiences.
- We have advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and ketamine-assisted therapy.
- We offer personalized, relational therapy tailored to each client's unique journey.
What people say
Compassionate approach
Personalized care
Safe space
Depth-oriented therapy
Highly sensitive therapist
Services
Grief Counseling
Grief counseling honors loss as a transformative process, supporting clients through tangible or symbolic losses. We provide a nonjudgmental space to explore disenfranchised grief, complicated bereavement, and emotional integration. Our approach emphasizes slowing down to allow healing through, rather than from, grief.
Psychedelic Integration Therapy
Psychedelic integration therapy helps clients process non-ordinary states of consciousness from substances like psilocybin or ketamine. We focus on making meaning of experiences, addressing challenging trips, and grounding insights into daily life through a depth psychological lens.
Cannabis Use Therapy
Cannabis use therapy explores the therapeutic and problematic aspects of marijuana use. We offer harm reduction strategies, examine dependency patterns, and support mindful use for clients seeking to understand their relationship with cannabis in a non-pathologizing context.
Spiritual Therapy
Spiritual therapy addresses soul loss, existential questions, and mystical experiences through Jungian depth work. We integrate dream analysis, shadow work, and archetypal exploration to help clients navigate spiritual emergence and reclaim inner wholeness.
Therapy for Highly Sensitive People
Specialized therapy for highly sensitive individuals focuses on nervous system regulation, boundary-setting, and reclaiming disowned strengths. Our approach validates sensitivity as a trait rather than a disorder, using somatic awareness and relational safety to foster self-compassion.
People
Sara Ouimette
Therapist
Sara Ouimette is a licensed marriage and family therapist with advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, ketamine-assisted therapy, and psychedelic integration. She specializes in depth-oriented therapy for highly sensitive adults navigating grief, spiritual emergence, and life transitions.
Questions
Do you work with clients outside California?
No, I only work with California residents due to licensing restrictions.
What are your session fees?
My full fee is $250 per 50-minute session, with some sliding scale spots available.
Do you accept insurance?
I'm an out-of-network provider but can provide superbills for potential reimbursement.
What therapeutic modalities do you use?
I integrate Jungian, psychodynamic, and transpersonal approaches tailored to each client's needs.
Do you offer psychedelic therapy sessions?
I don't provide guided psychedelic therapy but offer integration support for experienced journeys.
How often do sessions occur?
Weekly 50-minute sessions are required to build therapeutic momentum and relational safety.
