Ms Sarah Dakhili

Philosophy & Vision

Sarah's focus lies on helping clients feel heard, understood and supported so they can start to connect with their true nature and learn to live their lives from a space of love as opposed to fear. She is a great believer that life is a mirror and that our outer world reflects our inner world and once we start to understand that, we have so much more power than we can imagine. Sarah specialises in chronic pain (TMS) anxiety, depression, trauma recovery and interpersonal and work related issues.

Background

Sarah is the founder of Mental Awakening as well as a highly experienced Psychotherapist and Mental Health Social Worker, with 13 years of experience within the sector. Sarah has been working within the field of trauma recovery and mind-body disorders for over a decade, specialising in chronic pain, Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS), basing her approach on Dr. John Sarno and Dr. Howard Schubiner’s research on mind body related symptoms and disorders. Her clients are based all over the world as she offers Telehealth sessions (over phone/video). Her motto is simple: “Supporting clients in creating authentic power within themselves and in turn being able to make what was once difficult easier".

Services

Quality Provision

- Accreditation and membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- Member of the International Association of Applied Neuroscience (IAAN)
- Member of The Australian Association of Buddhist Counsellors & Psychotherapists
- Provider registration with Workcover QLD and Medicare Australia
- Registered practitioner with Pain Reprocessing Therapy
- Registered provider with Trauma Support Directory
- Registered provider with The Psychophysiologic Disorders Association (PPDA)

Therapy Approach

Sarah's focus lies in remaining present with her clients while creating a fully open and authentic space where healing can take place. Her approach is inclusive of Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, Neuroplasticity, Humanistic Therapy, Meditation, Yoga, Mindfulness, Inner Child Work, Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Somatic Body Therapy, Shadow and Archetypal work, Art Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and The Polyvagal Theory.

Sarah has great interest, personal experience and insight into TMS (Tension Myosistic Syndrome) and compassionate Inquiry, which is a psycho-therapeutic method developed by Dr. Gabor Mate.