About Sarah Betz

Therapy in New York & New Jersey

You’ve spent hours on Google searching for in-person therapy near Kingston, Accord, or New Paltz, NY. It feels like you’ve gone through the entire Mid-Hudson Valley looking for therapy near you, and you still don’t see someone you trust who can help. You’re worried that only therapists in big cities would understand your politics and anxiety about this planet's future, help you with your panic attacks, affirm your identities, and understand your gender dysphoria. What you’re looking for is someone to help you find relief. 

My name is Sarah Betz — I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York and New Jersey. I became a Social Worker because I wanted to bring the peace and love from my hippie side and the action and empowerment from my political advocacy side together to help ease people’s pain. We heal not only on an individual level but in connection and community with others.

I created Meadow Therapy to continue moving from individual to collective healing. We’re not your average talk therapists. More than asking you to talk through your emotions, I want to help you feel how those feelings show up in your body. I want to dive deep with you and get to the core of your pain. I want to hear about all the complex parts of your life and what you’ve been through. I want to teach you about how amazing our bodies and minds are at trying to keep us safe and protected and how to move from protection mode into connection. You’ve survived through so much, and I’d love to help you see the thriving future that I believe is possible. 

Here are some core values that inform my work as a therapist:

I believe you have worth just because you were born.

Nothing that you have said or done can take away that worth. 

I am not here to judge or shame you for who you are. 

Your feelings are valid. You will learn to radically accept them and learn how not to get so lost in them. 

There are no binaries here. Life is messier, and those seemingly conflicting feelings, thoughts, or identities can and do exist simultaneously. Therapy will make space for that mess. 

You are human. 

You are worthy of care, affection, attention, and respect.

Sometimes, I might get a little nerdy about the science behind our feelings, our bodies, and how all of that impacts our minds, but I’ve found it super helpful to know that there are scientific explanations for what we go through as human beings!

I don’t expect you to trust me right away. I’m a stranger. But I do believe that because of my 10+ years of experience as a therapist, my training in body-based and trauma-based techniques, and my authenticity in the therapy space, I can earn that trust.

We are deeply committed to anti-racist, LGBTQIA friendly, gender-affirming, body- and fat-positive, poly/non-monogamy affirming, BDSM/kink/sex-worker positive therapy. My specialties include trauma, gender & sexuality, therapy with marginalized populations, and outdoor therapy. Check out the amazing Meadow Therapy therapists who are committed to inclusive therapy for your whole being.

Call me today to get started on your journey to feeling more whole and connected. I’m glad to hear from you.

Contact me at 845-202-9814 for your FREE 15-minute phone consultation for therapy in New York or New Jersey.

Licenses

LCSW New York: 084564

LCSW New Jersey: 44SC05881500

200 hour Yoga Teacher

Herbalist-in-training