Sage River Psychotherapy

Sage River Psychotherapy Life changes when we begin to see suffering for what it is and turn toward it with kindness. Life is difficult, and to suffer is to be human.

We provide trauma informed Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) courses in-person in Midtown Sacramento and Online throughout California Neuroscience points to the idea that human beings are a collection of flexible habits--habits that are deeply impacted by our environment, our relationships, and our experiences. Our mission is to teach people to meet their own distress with compassion rather than criticism. With practice, we build a compassion habit that can fundamentally change our lives.

What gets labeled as “too much” is so often a wise adaptation. A nervous system shaped by what it had to endure. Behavio...
11/14/2025

What gets labeled as “too much” is so often a wise adaptation. A nervous system shaped by what it had to endure. Behaviors that once protected you—even if they feel heavy now.

You’re not broken.
You’re not difficult.
You’re human, and you make sense in context.

In spaces of safety, those old strategies can soften. Not through force, but through compassion.

Save this for the days you start to doubt your worth. Share it with someone who’s learning to befriend their patterns.

You deserve love that honors your full story. 💚

You don’t have to process everything at once. Sometimes, healing begins with a quiet pause at the end of the day.Try sit...
11/06/2025

You don’t have to process everything at once. Sometimes, healing begins with a quiet pause at the end of the day.

Try sitting with these gentle reflections—not to fix or judge, but to meet yourself with honesty and care.

Let these questions be a soft landing place. A way to come home to yourself—without pressure, just presence.

Save this for tonight or whenever you need a check-in. 💚

True reconnection holds both the pain and the possibility. Not by denying the rupture— but by growing something wiser th...
11/03/2025

True reconnection holds both the pain and the possibility. Not by denying the rupture— but by growing something wiser through it.

This is the heart of relational healing:
Not perfection, but presence.
Not avoidance, but attunement.

Save this if you're learning to stay through the hard moments. 🤍

If you're seeking support in repairing safely, visit www.sagerivertherapy.com—we’re here to walk with you. 🫂

Rest is radical.Because in a world that praises constant doing, choosing to pause is an act of self-trust. It says: My w...
10/30/2025

Rest is radical.
Because in a world that praises constant doing, choosing to pause is an act of self-trust. It says: My worth is not measured by output.

Rest is revolutionary.
Because it interrupts systems that tell us to push through pain, override our bodies, and ignore our limits. Rest reconnects us with something older, wiser, and deeply human.

Rest is your birthright.
Not something you earn. Not a reward for burning out. But something you deserve simply because you exist.

At Sage River, we honor rest as a sacred part of healing. A soft rebellion. A quiet return. A way back to yourself.

Affirm this for the days when rest feels undeserved. 💙

At Sage River, we honor the ways your nervous system has learned to protect you. Healing begins with understanding — and...
10/23/2025

At Sage River, we honor the ways your nervous system has learned to protect you. Healing begins with understanding — and you don’t have to make sense of it all alone. 💛

We are here to offer you compassionate and individualized support.

Visit us for a free consultation at www.sagerivertherapy.com

Your first therapy session doesn’t have to be perfect. You don’t need a script. You don’t need to know where to start. Y...
10/15/2025

Your first therapy session doesn’t have to be perfect. You don’t need a script. You don’t need to know where to start. You just need a place to land—and someone to meet you there.

At Sage River, first sessions are gentle. We get curious about your story—not just the facts, but how it’s felt to live inside your life.

We slow down. We notice.
Even silence is welcome.
And together, we begin to ask:
What does your nervous system need to feel safe? What might it be like to speak your truth without rushing or bracing?

You don’t have to do it all at once. Just come as you are. 🤍

Save this for when you’re thinking of reaching out, but unsure where to begin.

Reach out to us at www.sagerivertherapy.com

Each one of you are welcome with open arms. 🫂

Affirm these if you’re finding your way back to yourself.There is no rush. No perfection. Just a steady invitation to re...
10/09/2025

Affirm these if you’re finding your way back to yourself.

There is no rush. No perfection. Just a steady invitation to remember:
You were never broken—only protecting something tender. 💙

Save this for the days you need a soft place to land. 🫂


There was a time when being vigilant kept you safe.When working harder made you feel worthy.When silence protected you f...
10/03/2025

There was a time when being vigilant kept you safe.

When working harder made you feel worthy.

When silence protected you from more pain.

But your nervous system doesn’t always know when it’s safe to soften.

In therapy, we honor the brilliance of those strategies—and help you practice something gentler.

At Sage River, we don’t pathologize these patterns:We honor them. They were wise. Necessary. Adaptive.But we also know t...
10/02/2025

At Sage River, we don’t pathologize these patterns:
We honor them.
They were wise.
Necessary.
Adaptive.

But we also know this:
Your nervous system may still be bracing for a danger that’s no longer here.
And you don’t have to unlearn it all at once.

In therapy, we move gently—toward what it might feel like to soften, to stay, to be held. 🤍

Save this if you’re learning to live beyond survival. 💙

It’s okay to be tired. Not just physically, but soul-deep tired. The kind of tired that comes from carrying too much for...
09/26/2025

It’s okay to be tired. Not just physically, but soul-deep tired. The kind of tired that comes from carrying too much for too long. From holding it all together when no one else could see how hard it was.

At Sage River, we want you to know:
Tired doesn’t mean broken. It means you’ve been trying—with everything you have. You don’t have to keep pushing through alone. 💚

There’s room here to pause.
To soften.
To be met in the tenderness of your exhaustion.

Save this for the days when rest feels like rebellion. 🤍🌿

At Sage River, we believe somatic awareness is a kind of remembering. A way to listen—without judgment—to what your nerv...
09/25/2025

At Sage River, we believe somatic awareness is a kind of remembering. A way to listen—without judgment—to what your nervous system has carried, often in silence.

You don’t have to force insight.

Just begin by noticing: What does your body know today?

Save this for the moments you feel something you can’t quite explain. 🤍

You are not too much.You are not too little.You are exactly enough.Still, many of us spend years contorting ourselves—mo...
09/17/2025

You are not too much.
You are not too little.
You are exactly enough.

Still, many of us spend years contorting ourselves—more productive, more agreeable, more “normal”—trying to earn the acceptance we should’ve been met with from the start.

But wholeness isn’t something you achieve by performing. It’s something you remember, slowly, with care. It was never gone—just waiting for the right conditions to re-emerge.

At Sage River, we help you come home to the truth of who you are.
You don’t have to do it alone.
Therapy can help. 💚

Explore more at sagerivertherapy.com

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1919 21 Street , Ste 101
Sacramento, CA
95811

Website

https://sageriver.janeapp.com/

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