Therapy Services & Rates
Evidence-based therapy for thoughtful, high-functioning individuals navigating stress, trauma, and life transitions.
At Trauma Wise Healing, sessions are designed with intention—providing structure, depth, and flexibility for clients seeking meaningful, sustainable change. Every service is rooted in trauma-informed care and shaped around your specific goals, life context, and nervous system needs.
Initial Intake & Assessment
60–90 Minutes · $300
Lay the foundation for personalized, strategic healing
Your first session offers a comprehensive, collaborative exploration of your history, current challenges, and long-term goals. This is where we define priorities and begin aligning therapy with your values, identity, and pace. For many high-functioning individuals, this dedicated space to pause, reflect, and plan is the first act of self-leadership.
Individual Therapy
50 Minutes · $250
Consistent support for processing, insight, and regulation
Tailored for weekly or biweekly therapy, individual sessions provide a grounded space to process stress and trauma, build emotional regulation, and engage in personal exploration. Clients often work on areas such as identity development, executive burnout, perfectionism, relationship patterns, and self-trust.
Extended Individual Therapy
75 Minutes · $375
Unhurried sessions for deep trauma processing or somatic work
This longer format is ideal for clients engaging in EMDR, ART, or somatic approaches. It offers unhurried time to move through deeper material, allowing space for grounding, reprocessing, and nervous system repair—especially valuable for those accustomed to operating in high-stakes or high-pressure environments.
Couples Therapy
55 Minutes · $275
Improve communication, restore connection, and rebuild trust
Couples sessions focus on strengthening communication, resolving conflict, and supporting relational growth. Common areas of focus include emotional safety, intimacy repair, stress spillover, and navigating transitions together with clarity and compassion.
Extended Couples Therapy
80–90 Minutes · $400
Support for couples navigating trauma, conflict, or major transitions
Ideal for high-conflict couples, those managing blended family challenges, or partners navigating separation, reconnection, or trauma recovery together. This extended session creates space to slow down and engage more intentionally, with tools for co-regulation and mutual understanding.
Please note: Trauma Wise Healing is a private pay practice. Insurance is not accepted, and superbills will not be provided.
Therapy services are provided by Sarah Benitez-Zandi, LCSW and are available virtually to residents of WI, IL, FL, OH, PA, SC, MN, IA, and NC.
Leadership & Life Coaching
Strategic support for professionals, founders, and emotionally attuned leaders navigating pressure, transition, and growth.
Coaching at Trauma Wise Healing is designed for high-functioning, emotionally attuned professionals who are ready to move beyond burnout, reactivity, or over-functioning. Whether you're navigating leadership pressure, a major life transition, or the emotional labor of caregiving and decision-making, coaching offers a strategic, reflective space to realign with clarity and intention.
These services are ideal for those seeking growth without a clinical diagnosis or insurance involvement, including clients outside of states where I am licensed to practice therapy.
Initial Coaching Consultation
60 Minutes · $300
Clarify your goals, challenges, and direction
A collaborative starting point to map out what’s working, what’s not, and where you want to go. We’ll explore your leadership context, emotional landscape, and decision-making stressors—then outline a personalized coaching plan.
Ongoing Coaching Sessions
50 Minutes · $250
Strategic insight + emotional alignment
Ideal for professionals seeking consistent support to navigate high-stakes decisions, people management, personal growth, or work-life recalibration. We’ll use a blend of reflective inquiry, values clarification, and nervous system-informed coaching to help you lead and live with more clarity and intention.
Extended Coaching Session
75 Minutes · $375
For deeper exploration or complex leadership dynamics
Perfect for sessions that require more space—for example, unpacking team conflicts, redefining purpose after burnout, or preparing for major life or career shifts. Also recommended for clients combining executive work with emotional or relational goal-setting.
Coaching services are private pay only. Available to clients across the U.S. and internationally, where legally permitted. Coaching is not a substitute for therapy or mental health treatment.