I’m Krista Sabados, LMFT

I came to this work as an educator first. I hold an Ed.M. from Harvard, and I spent years teaching and leading before I retrained in the clinical models that actually move trauma. That lineage still shapes me: I explain what we’re doing and why, and you stay the expert on your own life.

My training runs on three tracks. Clinical: the Comprehensive Resource Model, trained directly under its developer, Lisa Schwartz, alongside Internal Family Systems and somatic, body-based approaches — with Emotionally Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method for couples. Learning science: a Harvard Ed.M. in Adult Learning and Transformation, and human-centered design. And spiritual lineage: extensive mindfulness training, fifteen years of shamanic healing practice, training in Lakota ceremony, yoga, and breathwork.

The spiritual work is lineage and lived practice, not decoration — and it enters our work only if you want it, as an integrated dimension of care held within the scope of licensed clinical practice. I see clients in Huntington Beach and by telehealth across California.