Meet Sarah
Sarah Eley, MSW, LICSW
she/her
Sarah Eley is a queer, white, cisgender woman of mixed Ashkenazi Jewish and non-Jewish ancestry, and a first generation immigrant of economic privilege, who grew up in the unceded land of MI. Sarah received her MSW from Smith College School for Social Work in 2009. Sarah has worked in community health care centers, schools, youth drop-in settings, and in intimate partner violence organizations. She currently provides therapy in a group practice and soon plans to begin an individual practice. She has led trainings and professional workgroups, and provided clinical consultation for medical and mental health professionals in providing queer and gender affirming mental health care; examining personal/professional patterns of implicit bias, and how to provide accessible, affirming, equitable and ethical service to Trans, Nonbinary and Gender Expansive people. She loves the mix of doing therapy, training, consultation, and community education. Some of Sarah’s interests include: providing relationship therapy, the forming and exploring of identity(ies), the (continuous) process of coming out, navigating emotional and personal boundaries, exploring issues of perfectionism and avoidance, looking at white supremacy culture, racism and its impact, finding internal resiliency and healing, and developing assertive communication in relationships. Outside of work, Sarah enjoys spending time outside, with her dog, dancing, eating ice cream and reading queer young adult fiction.