Aparna Sagaram, LMFT

Aparna Sagaram (she/her) is a South Asian Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the founder of Space to Reflect. She specializes in helping high achieving professionals and driven, dual-career couples and parents, the people who have mastered high-stakes environments but find themselves feeling disconnected, transactional, or quietly alone the moment they walk through their own front door.

Aparna knows that for many high-achievers, especially those from immigrant or first-generation backgrounds, relentless drive was never just a career choice; it was a necessary survival strategy. But while that drive builds success in the office, it often wreaks havoc at home. She helps you dismantle "Relational Imposter Syndrome" that lingering, quiet fear that if you ever truly lowered your guard or showed your vulnerability, the people you love most might see you differently and reject you.

Rather than just "talking about your week," Aparna acts as a relational strategist. She uses the Gottman Method to help couples stop feeling like business partners running a household and start feeling like emotionally present partners again. For those who feel like they’ve hit a wall with traditional talk therapy, she incorporates EMDR to help you process the heavy stuff from your past, teaching your nervous system how to finally exhale, drop the armor, and be fully present in your own life.

Aparna is able to see clients virtually and in person residing in Pennsylvania.

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A conversation with Aparna

What made you want to become a therapist?

My mother was a social worker in India but her Masters Degree obtained from India did not allow her to provide therapy in the United States. I spent a lot of my childhood volunteering at various organizations from going to nursing homes to keep the senior citizens company to playing with kids at safe homes while their mothers figured out next steps for safety. I watched my mom create safe spaces for people and it was powerful. As I got older, I wanted to make a deeper impact on people. I love being able to help people learn about themselves. It is hard work and it takes a lot of patience but it is so worth it. My favorite type of therapy is couples therapy. I enjoy learning about how relationships develop and how people interact with each other. We work hard to find new ways to connect that feel good for the couple and learn to let go of the ones that no longer serve them. Every day I am with clients, I learn about myself too.

What do you do when you are not working?

We have our hands full with one human baby and 2 fur babies but if I have some down time, I like to bake. I enjoy running and lifting weights because I am that person that will bring all the groceries into the house in one trip and that requires strength.

What is important to you when working with clients?

Making my clients feel comfortable in session is most important to me. A professor once told me that building a solid relationship with your client is an intervention itself and can be incredibly healing.