Sarah Yzkanin
Staff Counselor (10 Mnth)
syzkanin@maryu.marywood.edu
Counseling/Student Dev Center
570-348-6211 x2969McGowan Cntr Grad & Prof Stud 1017
I'm Sarah. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in both the state of Pennsylvania and in the state of Vermont. I work as a Staff Counselor here at Marywood University. Prior to my current job, I worked as a Mental Health Counselor at Landmark College for 2 years and as an inpatient psych Social Worker at the Brattleboro Retreat for 7 years (float position and then exclusively on the LGBTQ+ unit). I was a clinician in other settings such as inpatient and residential substance use programs as well as partial hospitalization programs. I mainly work with individuals, but I come from a family systems background and so I keep a systemic framework in all of my work experiences. I obtained my B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University in 2013 and graduated with a M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Antioch University New England in 2016. I have been a certified yoga instructor since 2012 and I have experience working with the Peers program to help young adults with social skills training. I have a personal interest in holistic health and so I have done enrichment workshops such as Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) in 2009 and have studied herbalism since 2004. My clinical perspective is mainly a mix of family systems, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and eastern philosophies like Buddhism to help clients focus on the now.