Sara Natalia Ruilova Medina, AASW
Calm, body-aware therapy for life transitions
About Sara
Sara Natalia Ruilova Medina is an AASW-accredited social worker who helps people manage anxiety, stress, low self-esteem and depression. She supports those facing big life changes and feelings of being stuck or disconnected. Sara speaks English and Spanish and practises from Australia.
Sara focuses on understanding how thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations connect. She helps clients spot patterns that keep them overwhelmed or avoiding life. Sessions include simple skills for emotional regulation and clearer decision-making. <brHer approach mixes somatic awareness with practical psychological tools.
Background and approach
Clients can expect calm, steady guidance and concrete steps to try between sessions. Work often includes noticing bodily signals, testing new behaviours and reflecting on what matters most. Sara brings three years of clinical experience in Australia plus earlier international roles.
She draws on methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioural strategies, client-centred listening and Jungian ideas about personal meaning. The aim is to move from confusion and self-doubt to a more grounded, coherent way of living. People who work with Sara learn to make choices that fit their values and feel more connected to themselves.
Approaches that connect body and meaning online
Sara combines somatic work with psychological techniques to address mind-body patterns. Somatic therapy involves noticing bodily sensations and movement to understand feelings; it can help when anxiety or stress shows up as tightness, tension or numbness. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) uses values and acceptance strategies to reduce struggle with difficult thoughts and feelings and to guide meaningful action.These approaches are discussed and chosen together. The therapist will work collaboratively to find what fits a person's needs and goals. That process includes checking what feels useful, adapting techniques and setting small, achievable steps that reflect a client's values.
Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to continue work between meetings. People can try different formats to see what helps them stay engaged and practice new skills in day-to-day situations.
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Spanish