Portland Therapy Center
Sarah Bond

Sarah Bond (she/her)

Clinical Psychologist Resident

PsyD

Supervisor: Megan Cormier Castaneda, PsyD

Hello! My name is Dr. Sarah Bond and I'm trauma-informed, Jungian, and somatic psychologist resident.

Client Status

accepting clients

Contact

5035064324

97302

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At a Glance

Me

Practicing Since: 2024

Languages: English

Services

  • Individual

Insurances Accepted

  • Aetna
  • Providence Health Plan

My Ideal Client

If you’re feeling stuck, trapped in patterns that limit your growth, or disconnected from your true self, you’re not alone. Many people experience these challenges, especially if they’ve survived trauma—whether big or small. Trauma can leave you feeling dysregulated, as though your body is still protecting you from past dangers. You might feel unfulfilled, yearning for something greater but unsure how to move forward.

What I Specialize In

As a trauma-informed, Jungian, and somatic postdoctoral psychologist resident, I specialize in helping individuals reconnect with themselves and create more authentic, fulfilling lives. I work with clients to overcome emotional blocks, heal from trauma, and rediscover their unique path. My approach integrates depth psychology, somatic techniques, and relational work to support healing and self-expression. I view psychotherapy as the sacred endeavor of coming to more fully know and inhabit the expansiveness existing within yourself. I want therapy to feel enriching, spacious, and gentle- this is the slow and sacred work of coming home to yourself. I bring experience of four years of supervised psychotherapeutic work in settings including university counseling, psychiatric inpatient, and community mental health.

My Values as a Therapist

Drawing primarily from the depth-oriented, jungian, and psychoanalytic approaches, I describe psychotherapy as the study of soul. In this way of being, I hold reverence for the unconscious ways our psyches aim to guard and protect us from suffering, and I trust the wisdom of the psyche to reveal the path of healing. Additionally, I prioritize the innate knowing of the body and utilize embodied and somatic interventions in my work, as healing requires first that our bodies and nervous systems are safe to unravel. I believe wholeness comes from the unification of psychic opposites including light and shadow, masculine and feminine, psyche and soma. You might enjoy therapy with me if you are a creative, journalist, artist, dancer, poet, mystic, or dreamer. My clients are often deeply empathic, highly sensitive, and endlessly curious about their inner worlds.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

  • Depth Therapy External link

    I draw from Jungian and transpersonal psychotherapies, understanding that spiritual, archetypal, and physical worlds all intersect and influence our personal health. In this way of working, I seek to help you find wholeness through the integration of shadow, unconscious, and the wisdom of the archetypal world. We will work with your dreams, create art, and dialogue with different archetypal figures emerging from your psyche.

  • Somatic Therapy (Body Centered) External link

    I draw from somatic modalities to create trauma-informed interventions aimed to ground safety within your body and nervous system. As Bessel Van Der Kolk writes, "The body keeps the score." I believe it's vital that we incorporate embodiment into psychotherapy to create a more holistic and supportive healing experience.

  • Psychoanalytic  External link

    I incorporate psychoanalytic theory into my work, seeking to understand the root causes of symptoms and suffering. Working from this way, we may discuss your emotions, past experiences, relationship patterns, dreams, and how these are impacting our therapeutic relationship. This allows you to work through unconscious behavioral patterns with me, giving you corrective emotional and relational experiences.

Issues I Treat

Specialties

  • Depression External link

    I work well with depression, grief, existential questions, and the darkness that exists within myself, my clients, and the world around us. I seek to help my clients build relationship to their darkness. As John O'Donohue writes, "Darkness is one of our closest companions." Drawing from a Jungian orientation, I help clients explore shadow work and building resources within the psyche to find wholeness.

  • Spirituality External link

    My doctoral training program specialized in the integration of spirituality and psychology. I have experience and training in working with a variety of religious backgrounds, spiritual, trauma, and questions about deconstruction or spiritual identity. I draw from evidence based practice while also allowing for the mystery of the soul to exist within the therapeutic encounter.

  • PTSD External link

    I hold additional certification in trauma-informed care, and I have experience working with a variety of different types of trauma responses. I compliment traditional talk-therapy techniques with trauma-informed somatic modalities to ground safety within the nervous system.

  • Women's Issues External link

    I work well with clients seeking to better understand and embody their intuitive feminine wisdom. Drawing on Jungian modalities, I seek to help clients establish connection to the inner and collective archetypal world. My dissertation research studied archetypal feminine figures and their impact on embodiment.

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