About Sarah W. Hale

Therapy for the relationships that shape your life.

I believe our relationships—with ourselves and with the people we love—have a profound impact on how we experience our lives.

As a marriage and family therapist, I work with individuals and couples to better understand the patterns shaping their relationships, develop greater self-awareness, and create healthier ways of communicating and connecting.

My approach is integrative, systemic, and collaborative, while also being directive, if needed. Together, we'll explore how your family of origin, past experiences, internal struggles, and current circumstances may be influencing the way you relate to yourself and others—and identify new possibilities for moving forward.

‍My Experience With Change

My path to becoming a therapist is rooted not only in professional training, but also in my own experience of change and starting over.

At 30, I found myself rebuilding my life after the end of a decade-long marriage. In the years that followed, I moved across the country, remarried, and eventually made another significant transition: beginning a second career as a marriage and family therapist.

These experiences taught me that meaningful change is rarely as simple as leaving something behind. It often requires us to look more closely at ourselves, our patterns, and the stories we've carried with us.

My 2022 book, How to Change Your Life, grew out of this interest in personal transformation. Today, that same curiosity about how people change—and how relationships evolve—shapes my work with clients.

From Storytelling to Therapy

Before becoming a therapist, I spent more than a decade in content marketing and storytelling, working with organizations ranging from global brands like Under Armour and Williams Sonoma to tech start-ups.

That work sparked a deeper interest in the stories we tell about ourselves and our relationships—and how those stories shape the way we connect, communicate, and make sense of our lives.

After hosting The Interrelate Project podcast, I eventually pursued a second career in marriage and family therapy, bringing my background in storytelling and my interest in human connection into my work with individuals and couples.

What I Bring to the Work

Specialized Relationship Training

My graduate training in marriage and family therapy focused specifically on understanding individuals within the relationships, families, and larger systems that shape their lives. This gives me a relationship-focused lens even when I am working with one person individually.

Experience With Complex Relationship Challenges

My clinical experience includes helping individuals, couples, and families navigate communication difficulties, recurring conflict, addiction, separation, divorce, and significant life transitions.

An Active, Collaborative Approach

My style is warm, active, and collaborative. I help clients slow down difficult interactions, identify the patterns beneath conflict, and explore new ways of communicating and relating. When helpful, I offer observations, ask direct questions, and draw attention to dynamics that may be difficult to recognize from inside the relationship.

Locations Served

I provide individual and couples therapy virtually and in person, where available, to clients in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Education, Training & Credentials

• MFT-LP, New York

• Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, New Jersey and Connecticut

• MA, Marriage & Family Therapy, Syracuse University

• Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Level 1

• MA, English & Gender Studies, University of Maine

• Clinical Training in Relationship Therapy and Addiction

• Certified Holistic Health Coach