11/17/2025
๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐ .๐๐ฑ. ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ!
Weโre excited to introduce Sandra Hiatt, M.Ed., our newest Resident in Counseling, to the Aram family.
Sandra is a warm, bilingual (English/Spanish) therapist with more than five years of experience across crisis counseling, community mental health, and private practice. She provides trauma-informed and culturally responsive care for middle schoolers, adolescents, and adults.
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต:
- Anxiety, depression, and ADHD
- Attachment concerns and family conflict
- Trauma, PTSD, and crisis recovery
- Grief, loss, and major life transitions
- Substance use and co-occurring disorders
- Borderline personality dynamics
- Pregnancy and postpartum concerns
- Self-harm and sexual assault recovery
- LGBTQ+ experiences, military family needs, and the lived experiences of people of color
๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด & ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐๐น๐ฒ
Sandra earned her M.Ed. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the College of William & Mary, her B.A. in Psychology from George Mason University, and an A.S. in Social Sciences from Northern Virginia Community College.
Her therapeutic approach is holistic and relational, incorporating Emotion Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Person-Centered and Relational therapies, Attachment Theory, Trauma-Focused CBT, EMDR (trained), mindfulness-based interventions, play therapy, crisis debriefing, and somatic-oriented trauma work. She is currently expanding her expertise through Somatic Experiencing training.
M๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ
Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, trying new foods, cooking, relaxing at the beach, and spending quality time with her family. She brings this sense of curiosity and grounded presence to every client she works with.
๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐.
P๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ!
