Sarah Schlote, Registered Psychotherapist

02/14/2025

Who supports your ventral system? With whom do you feel more ease? As you imagine a moment in relationship where you felt even a little bit more like yourself, what happens inside?

02/01/2025

I now have a Blue Sky account! I'll be keeping my current social media accounts active for now given the following I have cultivated on them over many years, but may start to gradually decrease my posts. Looking forward to continuing to connect in meaningful ways that support trauma renegotiation for all.
bsky.social

01/20/2025

Sunday's blog post: some reflections on what resilience is and isn't, and orienting to support in the midst of troubling times.

https://sarahschlote.com/2025/01/resilience-is-not-what-you-think/

These are tumultuous times. Depending on where you are located, you might be facing a challenging economy, political unrest, war, natural disasters, environmental degradation, or societal exclusion and systemic barriers to [...]Read More... from Resilience is not what you think

01/09/2025

Safety and stabilization in the midst of crisis:

Given all the adversity occurring at the moment in various places around the world, I wanted to re-share the SCOPE stabilization technique drawing on elements from Somatic Experiencing: https://traumahealing.org/scope/

Also, here's a recording of a guided practice involving equines to support your nervous system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrDwgivuugQ

This is not meant to suppress mobilization efforts when warranted - in the midst of crisis, mounting a response to ensure protection / safety is valid. Rather, this is intended to help support your NS to re-orient and come out of survival or conservation physiology when there is not an immediate urgent need to act.

Sarah Schlote, MA, RP, CCC, SEP as she hangs out with her horses, Brando and Ruby, and walks you through the steps of the SCOPE™ Safety Aid developed by Soma...

12/02/2024

This is a fabulous opportunity for anyone seeking professional supervision for the clinical requirements of their College or licensing board. While I offer case consultation (individual and small groups) regularly, I do not offer formal supervision for this purpose. Tiffany Mae was a therapist in my group practice when I used to work in Guelph, Ontario, and is a fantastic human who holds a ton of capacity to sit in the complex nuances of being human and of psychotherapy practice. Check her out: http://www.tiffanythetherapist.ca