Sarah DiPerna, Psy.D., ACHT is a Fort Lauderdale based Licensed Psychologist in the State of Florida (PY7040), working in the field of Mental Health for over 20 years. She received her Masters degree in 1997, and her Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology in 2001, both from Nova Southeastern University. Since 2002 Sarah has trained in Heart-Centered Therapies with the Wellness Institute, in Seattle, Washington. She is certified with the Wellness Institute as a Master Clinical Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy® Trainer and also as a Leader for Personal Transformation Intensive™ groups. Sarah is a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, and a Transpersonal Life Coach. Additionally, she has completed training in Subtle Energy, Level 2 Reiki Certification, and as a RoHun Therapy intern. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, Heart-Centered Therapies Association, and the International Kundalini Yoga Teacher’s Association.

Sarah utilizes a holistic heart-centered approach to facilitating the healing process, incorporating the wisdom of mind, body and spirit. She believes that this approach necessitates on-going, heart-centered dedication to her own self-exploration, learning, and personal growth. She is committed to this process for herself, so she can authentically guide her clients and students to go within on their own paths to create positive change, personal growth, and Soul Alignment in their lives. Sarah offers her clients an individualized, blended approach, drawing from her unique knowledge and experience as a trained Psychologist, Heart-Centered Hypnotherapist, Transpersonal Life Coach, and Kundalini Yoga teacher.

In 2004, Sarah opened her private psychotherapy practice, Healing Hearts Center. In her private practice Sarah has worked extensively with both couples and individuals with relationship and intimacy issues, stress and anxiety management, mind-body dis-ease, various phase of life transitions, histories of trauma, eating disorders, as well as grief, mood disorders, and addictions. Sarah has also facilitated multiple group workshops and weekend retreats, including Trim-Life™ (a weight release program, currently also being utilized by the Cleveland clinic in Cleveland, OH), Personal Transformation Intensive™ (PTI) Workshops (PTI groups are held in a weekend retreat format that offers Chakra Meditation, Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy®, Energetic Psychodrama, and Breathwork within its structure), as well as “Healing the Mind with the Body, and the Body with the Mind” workshops on Abundance, Relationships, Mind-body connections, and Releasing Habits. In addition Sarah has brought her training in Kundalini Yoga to her practice, and, for the past 5 years, has taught weekly Kundalini Yoga classes at Healing Hearts Center.

Sarah has also been a teacher and supervisor for the Wellness Institute since 2006. In this capacity she has taught 60-hour Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy® certification classes, training many licensed therapists and healing professionals to become certified hypnotherapists. She has facilitated advanced 2-year Internship training programs offered by the Wellness Institute for Masters and Doctoral level therapists, for which licensed therapists receive 224 hours of continuing education credit. The Internship program offers advanced instruction in the provision of Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy®, in addition to facilitation of, and instruction in Breathwork, Energetic Psychodrama, and Heart-Centered Kundalini Meditation. In addition, Sarah has co-taught the Mentors Program with the Wellness Institute, which offers on-going training and personal work for those therapists who have completed both the Advanced Internship program and Certification as Personal Transformation Intensive leaders, a minimum of 3 years of advanced training.

Sarah has worked in the field of Mental Health since 1992. She has over 20 years of experience in the field and worked in a variety of settings, with a number of populations. Prior to opening her private practice, Sarah worked primarily with severely mentally disturbed children and adolescents in mental health agencies, as a therapist, a training supervisor for psychology doctoral students, and also as an administrator.