Therapy with Dr. Sarah O’Shea

Therapy Services

Therapy with Dr. O’Shea is designed to support children, adolescents, and adults as they navigate emotional, behavioral, relational, and identity-related challenges. Dr. O’Shea approaches therapy with curiosity, care, and respect for each individual’s unique way of thinking, feeling, and experiencing the world.

At KaleidoSpark, therapy is guided by the belief that clarity comes from looking at the whole picture—much like a kaleidoscope, where understanding emerges when different pieces are seen together. Sessions are personalized and collaborative, integrating evidence-based approaches while attending to developmental needs, sensory experiences, family dynamics, and the environments people move through every day.

The “spark” represents those moments when things begin to make sense—when insight grows, confidence builds, and individuals and families start to see new possibilities. Therapy focuses on helping clients reconnect with their strengths, better understand their challenges, and find practical, meaningful ways forward.

  • Dr. O’Shea provides therapy, and consultation for a wide range of concerns, including:

    • Managing anxiety and stress

    • ADHD-related challenges and executive functioning support

    • Autism-related experiences and identity development, including girls/women (AFAB) and later-identified individuals

    • Improving desired socialization outcomes

    • Building confidence and self-advocacy for academic, social, adaptive, and occupational challenges

    • Improving mood, depression, and emotional regulation difficulties

    • Trauma and complex psychiatric presentations

    • Giftedness and twice-exceptional (2e) profiles

    • Obsessive-compulsive characteristics

    She holds an Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist certification and has extensive experience working with individuals whose presentations do not fit neatly into a single diagnostic category.

  • Dr. O’Shea’s therapeutic work is grounded in evidence-based practice and tailored to individual needs. Her approach integrates cognitive-behavioral strategies with developmentally informed and relational frameworks, including family systems, parent–child interventions, motivational interviewing, and acceptance- and values-based approaches.

    She works primarily with children, adolescents, and young adults, with a particular passion for adolescents and individuals navigating identity development, transitions, and self-advocacy.

If this sounds like something that ignites a spark within you, let’s connect!
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Psychological Services Overview

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Comprehensive Psychological Evaluations

Get clarity through comprehensive evaluations for autism, ADHD, learning differences, giftedness, twice-exceptionality (2e), executive functioning, and more across the lifespan