Sarah Gulinski, LCSW

Sarah is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Executive Director of CATS. Sarah received her Trauma-specialized Master’s of Clinical Social Work from Widener University. She works with tweens, teens, adults, and parents navigating developmental trauma, emotional dysregulation, or the long shadow of childhood experiences that were never fully understood. Her clinical approach blends EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), and attachment-focused frameworks with somatic and expressive techniques. Sarah often incorporates movement, creativity, music, and storytelling to help clients reconnect with themselves—not just through talk, but through experience. As someone with ADHD, Sarah brings personal insight into the nervous system and believes in the power of fun as a therapeutic tool. Her sessions often balance playfulness and depth, helping clients activate neuroplasticity through emotional safety and embodied engagement. Sarah is also well-versed in Polyvagal Theory and is certified in both the Safe and Sound Protocol and the Rest and Restore Protocol. She has a particular passion for supporting: Parents who feel triggered by their child’s behavior or their own past, Neurodivergent individuals exploring identity and regulation, Young adult adoptees and others learning to set boundaries, feel emotions, and reclaim their intuition and Adults who’ve been high-functioning but feel emotionally numb, collapsed, or stuck. Sarah not only brings clinical expertise, but lived understanding of what it means to break cycles with compassion and creativity.