About Sarah Weinstein

I am an Executive Consultant and a Licensed Psychotherapist (CA LMFT #90123) who specializes in working with lawyers, legal professionals, medical doctors, and other individuals in high-pressure careers. Before opening my private counseling office, I practiced law for many years in large, corporate firms in New York City and San Francisco. I also clerked for judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Northern District of California.
While I thrived on the intellectual challenge of the legal profession and enjoyed many aspects of the practice of law, ultimately I felt I could make a more unique contribution by helping my colleagues on a more personal level. My experience as a lawyer makes me keenly attuned to the day-to-day emotional life of professionals, including life away from work. I have a particular interest in supporting those struggling with high levels of stress, self-confidence, burnout, workplace organizational challenges, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting, divorce, blended families, and trauma.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
The Psychotherapy Institute, Berkeley, California, Two-Year Post-Graduate Advanced Clinical Training Program
The Wright Institute, Berkeley, California, M.A., Counseling Psychology
University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., magna cum laude , Order of the Coif; Managing Editor, Hastings Law Journal
Bryn Mawr College, A.B., Sociology, cum laude
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
While I thrived on the intellectual challenge of the legal profession and enjoyed many aspects of the practice of law, ultimately I felt I could make a more unique contribution by helping my colleagues on a more personal level. My experience as a lawyer makes me keenly attuned to the day-to-day emotional life of professionals, including life away from work. I have a particular interest in supporting those struggling with high levels of stress, self-confidence, burnout, workplace organizational challenges, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting, divorce, blended families, and trauma.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
The Psychotherapy Institute, Berkeley, California, Two-Year Post-Graduate Advanced Clinical Training Program
The Wright Institute, Berkeley, California, M.A., Counseling Psychology
University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., magna cum laude , Order of the Coif; Managing Editor, Hastings Law Journal
Bryn Mawr College, A.B., Sociology, cum laude
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Founded, Co-Hosted & Produced the WellnessCast, a monthly podcast about wellness and mental health in the legal profession for Stanford Law School
Admitted to practice law in California and New York
Board of Directors, Leadership Development Committee, The Psychotherapy Institute, Berkeley, California
American Bar Association, Law Practice Division
Alumnae Admissions Representative, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania