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Sarah Hwang, AMFT

Registered Associate MFT #157845 / working under supervision

I am an Asian American marriage and family therapy associate #157845 practicing under the supervision of Hanna Byeon, LMFT (#126398) in-person at the Los Angeles office in Koreatown and virtually across California. As a certified Brainspotting, certified Level II Restoration Therapist, and certified Prepare-Enrich pre-marital therapist, I bring a relational, compassionate, and culturally informed approach to both in-person and virtual work. My clinical experience includes supporting K–8 students in a school setting as well as working in private practice with individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan. My path to therapy began in a very different profession—as an attorney where I learned the power of listening, advocacy, and navigating complex human experiences while also balancing the demands of a high-stress career. Over time, I felt drawn toward deeper, more personal forms of healing and connection, which led me to this work.

I am a mother of three, wife, and daughter of Korean immigrants. I understand the nuances of the identities we hold and how we shift the way we think, act, and present ourselves depending on the moment. I have a particular passion for working with women navigating the many roles we hold. The struggles of being a child of immigrants, the pressure to sustain a demanding career, navigating the challenges of intergenerational trauma, postpartum anxiety and depression, the difficult transition of life after children, raising young kids, investing in a marriage, and caring for aging parents can all take a toll. These life changes ripple through relationships, friendships, and our sense of self. I want to support you in rediscovering who you are, clarifying your needs and desires, and finding ways to bring yourself fully into the many orbits in which you exist.

Relationships can be both incredibly fulfilling and deeply challenging. Whether you’re navigating relationship challenges with a loved one, transitioning into life as a family with children, or facing loss and grief, I understand how transformative and emotional these seasons can be. I sit with you in the messiness where the deepest wounds often live, to uncover patterns, pain, and hope, and to open space for healing.

In couples therapy, I offer a supportive, nonjudgmental space to slow down, understand each other more deeply and build healthier ways of communicating and connecting. Whether you’re facing ongoing conflict, recovering from a breach of trust, or simply want to strengthen your relationship, I can help you and your partner move forward with greater understanding, compassion and confidence.

My work is relational at its core. I believe healing happens in connection. Whether you’re seeking support for your partnership, parenting, or personal growth, I’ll meet you with warmth, directness, and deep respect for your unique story.

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Clinical Focus

Anxiety, Mood, ADHD, & Trauma

  • Anxiety

  • Social anxiety

  • Stress management for high-achievers and demanding careers

  • Burnout from work stress

  • Depression

  • Neurodivergent-affirming support

  • ADHD

  • Trauma, complex trauma, relational trauma, intergenerational trauma

Women’s issues

  • Postpartum depression, anxiety, birth trauma

  • Perimenopause and menopause

  • Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)

  • Career pressure, workplace gender-based bias, imposter syndrome

  • Ambition versus family expectations

  • Navigating roles as women, mothers, daughters of immigrants

Couples & Relationships

Identity, Parenting, Grief & Loss

  • Family‑of‑origin work

  • Identity exploration and confusion

  • Grief and loss

  • Parenting support

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My Approach

Collaborative
holistic
warm

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I bring a collaborative, client-centered approach to every session. I am supportive, warm and direct in my work and tailor my approach to each client. I primarily utilize Restoration Therapy, a relational model that identifies and heals pain and unhealthy coping mechanisms, and Brainspotting, a brain-body technique that uses eye positioning to work with unprocessed trauma. I will gently challenge you to stretch and seek out new forms of coping and healing, while also leading with buffers for safe exploration inside and outside of our sessions together. My hope is that I can walk alongside as you heal and discover a more fulfilling and empowering life.

THERAPIST-CLIENT FIT IS IMPORTANT TO THE THERAPY EXPERIENCE 

I offer a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation to determine if we might be a good fit to work together. It takes courage to reach out for support. I consider it a privilege to journey alongside you toward your healing and wellness that empowers you to live out your most authentic life.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Sarah sees clients in person at our Los Angeles office in Koreatown at 3456 W Olympic Blvd, #104, Los Angeles, and online anywhere in California. Clients often come from Koreatown, Mid-City, Mid-Wilshire, Hancock Park, Larchmont, Miracle Mile, West Adams, Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park, and Downtown LA. For online sessions, you need to be located in California at the time of your session.

  • Yes. Sarah works with dating, engaged, and married couples stuck in the same arguments, feeling disconnected, or struggling to communicate. Trained in Restoration Therapy (Level II), she helps you understand the pain and coping patterns underneath your conflict and build new ways of connecting. Read more about finding a couples therapist in Koreatown, Los Angeles.

  • Yes. Sarah is a certified PREPARE/ENRICH facilitator. Premarital counseling with her helps you talk through communication, conflict, money, family of origin, and expectations for marriage before the wedding, so you start your marriage with a shared plan. Learn more about premarital counseling in Pasadena & LA.

  • Sarah offers discernment counseling for couples where one partner is leaning out and the other wants to save the marriage. In a short, focused process, she helps you both gain clarity and decide whether to try couples therapy, take a break, or move toward separation, without pressure in either direction. Learn more about discernment counseling.

  • Yes. As the daughter of Korean immigrants, Sarah understands how culture, family expectations, and in-laws shape a relationship. She helps intercultural and interracial couples navigate different ideas about roles, closeness, and conflict, so your differences become a strength instead of a source of tension.

  • Yes. As a mother of three, Sarah understands the many roles women hold: parent, partner, daughter, professional, and caregiver. She helps moms with burnout, anxiety, losing your sense of self, mom guilt, and the mental load of running a family. Learn more about therapy for moms and postpartum therapy.

  • Yes. Sarah supports new and expecting moms with postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, and birth trauma, in person in Koreatown or online across California. If you are having thoughts of harming yourself or your baby, call or text 988 right away, or call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-852-6262, available 24/7.

  • Yes. Perimenopause and menopause can bring mood swings, anxiety, irritability, low motivation, brain fog, and big questions about identity, marriage, and what comes next. Sarah helps women make sense of these changes, cope with the emotional side, and redefine this season of life. Therapy works alongside, not instead of, care from your doctor.

  • Yes. Many of Sarah's clients are part of the sandwich generation, raising children while caring for aging parents, often immigrant parents with high expectations and limited English. She helps with caregiver stress, guilt, sibling tension, and setting boundaries so you can care for others without losing yourself.

  • Yes. Before becoming a therapist, Sarah built a career in law, so she understands billable-hour pressure, perfectionism, and cultures where burnout is worn as a badge. She helps lawyers, executives, and other high achievers with anxiety, social anxiety, stress, burnout, and depression, and with redefining success on their own terms.

  • Yes. As the daughter of Korean immigrants, Sarah helps adult children of immigrants work through family-of-origin pain, intergenerational trauma, identity questions, and the pressure to make your parents proud, while building relationships that feel more honest and less obligated.

  • Yes. With experience supporting K-8 students in schools, Sarah helps parents with parenting stress, kids' anxiety and ADHD, school challenges, and family conflict. She offers parenting support and family therapy in Koreatown and online.

  • Yes. Therapy for women is at the center of Sarah's work. As a mother of three, wife, and daughter, she knows the weight of being everyone's person: parent, partner, professional, and caregiver. She helps women with anxiety, burnout, the mental load, resentment, guilt, perimenopause, and the quiet loss of self that comes from always putting everyone else first.

In-person therapy at our Highland office, with nearby offices in Pasadena and Los Angeles Office in Koreatown. Virtual therapy across California.