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Sage Goodwin, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Rhode Island
Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy-Life transitions-Parenting-Trauma-Couples therapy intensives -
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Professional statement

Sage Goodwin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who provides thoughtful, depth-oriented therapy for individuals and couples. Her work is grounded in a systemic and attachment-based perspective, helping clients understand how their emotional patterns and relationships have been shaped over time—and how they can begin to shift them. Sage has been certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for over a decade, and uses this evidence-based approach to help couples move out of cycles of disconnection and into more secure, responsive, and meaningful connection.

In her work with individuals, Sage supports clients navigating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, parenting, trauma, and significant life transitions. Whether facing a change in career, caring for aging parents, or seeking a deeper understanding of oneself, therapy becomes a space to slow down, make sense of emotional experiences, and build a more grounded and connected way of living.

At the core of Sage’s approach is a relational lens—whether working on your relationship with yourself or with others in your life. She brings a steady, attuned presence to her work, helping clients feel seen while also gently guiding them toward deeper awareness and meaningful change. While insight is an important starting point, she believes it is the experience of something new—within yourself and in relationship—that begins to create lasting change and open the door to new ways of being.


Message to clients

I feel a deep sense of respect for the work I do and the trust my clients place in me. Being invited into someone’s inner world—their thoughts, emotions, and experiences—is something I hold with care and intention. I believe that becoming a therapist is a lifelong process. If I am asking my clients to be curious about themselves, I am committed to practicing that same curiosity in my own life. I bring extensive training across multiple approaches into my work, thoughtfully integrating them to meet each individual and couple where they are. I continue to deepen and refine my skills so I can stay responsive to what each person needs—offering support, honest reflection, and gentle challenge in the service of growth. My goal is for clients to feel that I am walking alongside them as they move toward healing, clarity, and a more fulfilling way of living.

People often begin therapy when they feel stuck or when life’s challenges start to feel overwhelming. Together, we work to understand these stuck places—whether they are internal, such as anxiety, depression, trauma, or unhelpful thought patterns, or external, such as relationship, work, or life stressors. Therapy becomes a space to gain new perspectives, deepen self-understanding, and begin shifting patterns that no longer serve you.


Work and Education

Years of Experience: 20 years

Private practice, 2010 - Present

Simmons College, Certification, Trauma-based therapy
Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist
California Institute of Integral Studies, Masters, Counseling Psychology
Colorado University at Boulder, Bachelors, Psychology

Licensure

Rhode Island: MFT00149

Languages

English

Specialties

Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy - Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist. Practices Emotionally Focused Therapy to create new patterns of emotional interaction, promote changes in interaction, and foster a loving bond between partners; couples counseling is Sage's passion, and the majority of her practice

Life transitions - Adjusting to new relationships, career transitions and direction; mid-life existential, relationship, and career challenges, caring for aging parents, and trying to gain a deeper understanding of one's inner self

Parenting - Helping parents with their own challenges within the context of supporting children; parenting skills

Trauma - Primarily works with clients on relational trauma from childhood and how that affects current relationships and their partners; healing thing to create a new, safe, and secure relationship in their life; experience offering therapy to retired police officers struggling with individual events

Couples therapy intensives - 2-5 day intensive with therapist and couple for full 6 hour days. Allowing progress and healing to happen over a shorter period of time. Please Contact for more information.




Clientele

  • Adults (24+)
  • Couples
  • Families
  • Parents
  • Young adults (18-24)

Locations & Hours

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Insurance

Sage Goodwin is not in-network with any insurances.

Read about the benefits of seeing an out-of-network provider here.


Out-of-pocket fees

  • Individual sessions:$225 (60min)
  • Initial session:$225 (60min)
  • Couples sessions:$275 (90min)
  • Family sessions:$275 (90min)
  • 2 hour Couple's therapy Intensive:$500 (120min)
  • 1 day Couple's Therapy Intensive:$3200 (480min)
  • Couple's retreat Intensive:$3200 (400min)

Additional session information

Out-of-network billing options

This provider can support you in getting reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network reimbursement. Here are the out-of-network billing options they provide:

  • Super billing
Payment options
  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
  • PayPal
  • Venmo
  • Zelle
Session frequency

Frequency of sessions this provider offers to see clients once you are an established client.

  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Every other week
  • Every other month
  • As needed
Therapist's note

I am happy to have a conversation with you about your financial needs.


Professional endorsements

"Sage is a gifted therapist/healer. She has a large toolkit with a big heart and is fierce, loving, spiritual, and capable."

- David Stern, PsyDMay 2017

Client testimonials

"Sage called exactly at the pre-established time, briefly explained the EFT therapy that she uses with her clients, and answered all of my questions and concerns before we scheduled our first appointment. I found her warm and professional in our first conversation, and I look forward to working with her."
- Zencare client March 2021
"Sage was helpful and comfortable to speak with."
- Zencare client August 2020
"Sage is an extraordinary provider who I feel lucky to have worked with for the past 2 years. When I met Sage, I felt helpless to my depression, anxiety, and eating disorder. Sage’s thoughtful, kind, and nonjudgemental approach, rooted in a thorough understanding of her field, has helped me to find compassion towards myself as well as a sense of centeredness and hope. I have nothing but praise for this supremely capable, honest, and beautiful woman! I would highly recommend her to any friend or family."
- Oberlin College alum October 2017
"My husband and I have worked with Sage Goodwin for 3 years. She is an excellent listener and makes you feel comfortable while discussing and working out difficult issues."
- A happily married couple June 2017
"As a couple, we have been seeing Sage for over a year, entirely over video therapy. Although daunting at first, we must say that this has been a really wonderful experience. Sage has the ability to read our emotions as if we were in the room with her. She can sense the tenseness when it exists, the calm as it settles in after a good repairing conversation and the changes in emotion that shift over the course of a session. It's truly amazing that even though we are thousands of miles away, we have someone that knows us so intimately, that we have only met over video, yet has helped us cultivate a relationship that is very deep and connected. Sage is that person! Over video she has created a safe space, allowed us to share ourselves - be vulnerable with her and with each other. We are so grateful to Sage, EFT and the video technology that has helped us reach such a loving place in our relationship."
- A couple April 2020

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