Sandra saved my marriage. Or rather, Sandra helped me save my marriage. But it starts with Sandra saving me. And by saving, I mean first guiding me find my value and importance; healing "little me’s" pain, confronting "present me’s” anger and anguish. Then teaching me how to stand up for my feelings and worth, and to fully communicate: to try and express my emotions in a way that I could be heard without shouting; to try and listen without being defensive (and not harbor guilt or resentment about it).

And Sandra saved my husband: from his past and present hurts so that he could also try to communicate and empathize with me and others. And now we do just that: we try. And sometimes (most times!) it sucks! And it’s scary! The forced perfection of our marriage was a lot easier to maintain- we didn’t know how to talk to each other about the bad stuff (there couldn’t be bad stuff in our marriage, we were perfect, remember!) so we didn’t talk about the bad stuff. But it hurt. It hurt us, it hurt our children.

So now we talk. We try to listen. We try to bring up our feelings in the moment so that we don’t have a laundry list of sufferings that builds and builds (until it bursts). We try to care about each other, not just care for each other. We don’t try to be the perfect wife and the perfect husband in our perfect life (though, our kids really are perfect ;)) And we’re happy. Not every day. We don’t even like each other every day. But we’re doing better trying to love each other every day.

Sandra has been an exceptional guide through a challenging phase of my life. Her direct and profound insights delivered without any shrink-gibberish, coupled with her compassionate and practical approach, has supported me to face my topics with courage.
Sandra's unique ability to connect deeply and offer actionable guidance has truly transformed my perspective and enriched my life, even when I did not attend sessions for a long time. This, I believe, comes from her tremendous life experience and I am deeply grateful for her support. To sum up, I can only highly recommend her to anyone seeking sustained personal growth and healing.

Sandra has helped me to navigate a difficult period in my life. Her down to earth, compassionate, and clear way of being, has given me a lot of support! I have done much therapy in my life but with Sandra I deeply felt seen, as if she could tune into who I really am. This being seen has been very empowering for me and every session allowed a shift to happen.
I see Sandra as a "360° therapist": she is not only a wonderful therapist but through her deeply rooted spiritual practice and sensibility she was able to understand my inner struggle in a very direct way.
I'm so grateful for her generosity and kind heart.

I have been very happy working with Sandra. I have particularly appreciated her honesty and directness which can be unnerving at times, but ultimately most valued. I am also grateful for her kindness and intuitive insights coupled with the fact that she has an interesting and grounded array of tools with which to approach a given situation. They are often dynamic, creative and alive for me, not to mention effective. I called Sandra because I was needing help in working out some deeply rooted stuff and was looking for somebody qualified who would call it as they saw it. I found what I was looking for. If you are looking along the same lines, I would recommend you consider Sandra.

Sandra has so much wisdom and life experience to pull from. She is able to lead the kind of session that I used to think could only be found in person. I find myself opening up to making new and unexpected changes. I am grateful to Sandra for the important role she has played in my life.

Once I said to Sandra after she gave me some sound advice,I've never had a therapist give me such practical advice before.

Sandra laughed. Practical just means it can be practiced. If it keeps getting stuck in your head, what good is it then?

Sandra is a most extraordinary person. To describe what she does in her consultations seems so limiting. Neither I, nor the many adoring clients who recommended her to me, have ever experienced anything like this.
She combines a brilliant perception with a fearless and unconventional approach and a powerful, uncanny intuition that somehow really pushes one towards genuine freedom and transformation.
The level of support, kindness, unflinching honesty, and magic she has brought to so many of my friends and several of my family members has been such a profound gift. Not only I, but each person who recommended her to me has such gratitude and love towards her.

Sandra helped me see, accept and celebrate my season of suffering. Being confronted by Sandra was the greatest joy of my life. She never left me alone in the necessary journey to take responsibility and move forward. I cherished the way Sandra cultivated humor and laughter even and most importantly in the apparently most dire circumstances.

Where Sandra listens from is important. The path she has travelled and the precious conversations she has engaged in with lamas and wisdom teachers is priceless to benefit from. If you are living in distraction and diversion, Sandra can wake you from your slumber and ignite a new way of living. If your heart is over there and your life is over here, Sandra will provide clarity and direction. There is a looking together that occurs with Sandra that provided me with the support to break open and break through.

Working with Sandra's dakini wisdom isn't easy, it is transformative. Working with Sandra takes courage and a willingness to be seen. Doing so, my life appears fresh and open with possibility.

I can't believe how different my world is because of my conversations with Sandra. She has been such a creative, transformative source in my life. Her words help me unlock innate wisdom and she helps me to live from a place of dignity and grace. I'll be forever grateful. May my newfound sense of self and joy benefit all beings.

Sandra has been incredibly generous in her willingness and ability to guide, confront and inspire me. I think she is a rare breed of listener and speaker who understands how to support those going through powerful spiritual transitions that are poorly understood in our culture and often mistaken for mental illness. I have applied her wise instructions to great benefit emotionally, physically and spiritually.
I could summarize our time together as follows: Be open. Be willing. Be brave. Be here. Be in the heart. Be free. She encouraged me to walk on the ground, not in a grand or monumental way but an immediate and intimate way.

Sandra brings true wisdom and compassion into her practice. Working with her over the past five years I have gained the courage and self-awareness to overcome some of my biggest obstacles. She has set me on the path to recovery from my traumatic and dangerous teenage drug addiction and has helped me achieve lasting stability. She gained my trust quickly and completely. Her skill and intuition are that of a master and sometimes I feel like she knows my mind and my fears better than I do. There is never a wasted moment with Sandra. I will be forever grateful for the peace and confidence I have gained from working with her. May everyone be so fortunate to have someone like Sandra Scales in their time of need!

I so enjoyed my enlightening sessions with Sandra. She brought warmth, wisdom and wit to each encounter, creating a safe, open space to explore. She helped me honor issues and concerns that I was not recognizing because they seemed trivial and unimportant. She guided me to realize that things which seem overwhelming or complicated may actually have simple solutions. This is a wonderful gift and I am grateful to Sandra's generosity of heart.

I highly recommend Sandra Scales. Her listening skill is remarkable. Right away she just gets it. Her mind is like an acupuncture needle and she gets straight to the point; not alot of gobbledy-gook, very refreshing!
She's scary intuitive, practical, down to earth and very helpful. Her voice is soothing and melodious, she wastes no time. What a relief. I'm so glad I spoke with her, and know that she's 300% present every time. I completely trust her.

Dr. Scales provided what made a difference in my time of need. As a skilled clinician with 30 years experience I am a very discriminating client. Her capacity for listening, compassion, intuition, and bold stand for my well-being and growth were of tremendous value to me in negotiating critical life challenges with success. Her contribution was essential to a deep, rich and joyful period of transition. My deep gratitude and appreciation endure and I recommend Dr. Scales highly.

I am grateful for Sandra's safe, integritous, and deeply wise space that has helped me immensely. For years, I was afraid to speak my truth and now with her help, I have found my true voice.
Thank you so much Sandra, you really have helped me. You are truly a gift, a gift of “great wisdom” and positive change in this world.

Sandra's approach is highly intuitive. At times, she knew my thoughts and feelings before I voiced them. She is warm and caring, with a loving compassionate voice that gives unconditional support. Sandra helped me to create a safe place to be while I was working on some very difficult issues. She supported me in a way that allowed me to develop my own courage and strength, not just during sessions, but also in between. I gradually become “strong and tall,” knowing that I could handle anything, even things that had always been “bigger than I was.” Debilitating lifelong issues became smaller and smaller as I worked with Sandra. I was able to remove many layers of “fog” that had obscured my essential self, my Buddha nature.

I started working with Sandra during the biggest crisis of my life, the death of my mother. Sandra has been consistently kind, skillful, and amazingly insightful. Through listening and her helpful advice she has guided me through the roughest waters. I recommend her to anyone I know.
At first I was concerned to be working over the phone rather than face to face. But Sandra has a way of reading the voice which is uncannily accurate. And I like being able to talk to her in my own home, laying on my bed or relaxing on the sofa.
She is wonderful and has literally saved my life.

I had waited many years to find the right person to talk with when a friend recommended Sandra. I wanted a person who could listen without judging my situation as good or bad but simply to find a way through the heart ache. Sandra was very patient and gentle but at the same time was able "like a hot knife through butter" to get to the heart of the matter.
I remember her saying sorry many times as she uncovered the wound.
I love the sound of her voice.
Sandra, thanks so much, I am very grateful for your attention and skillful ways.
I wholeheartedly recommend Sandra Scales expertise, patience and compassionate listening.

I'd painted myself into a corner yet again and was deeply confused to be repeating the same mistakes in my personal life when I began speaking with Sandra. I cannot express my happiness to have had her clarity, focus, and skill on my side while unraveling some very complex issues and relationships.
In quite a short amount of time I am experiencing direct results in my life from our sessions and am eternally thankful that I picked up the phone. As a novice to this type of work I was told by others that in-person is the only way to go. Well, I'm happy to report that the skeptics were wrong and that the connection I feel with Sandra is so deep and infused with such sensitivity and respect that location is inconsequential.

Working with Sandra is like having an intimate companion right by you, walking with you and very present. I have gone to therapists in the past, and after one year, I asked myself "what has gone on?" and I couldn't tell if anything had or not. With Sandra it is quite different. I experience immediate results. She uses discernment and wisdom, not cut-throat truth nor boring reflective statements which repeat what I've said.
She helps people get in touch with their essence. One could say its spiritual but really it is helping them find and express the beauty of their own humanness.

My life circumstances were threatened by my "anger issues" and my wife prompted me to call Dr. Scales for spiritual consultation. Her approach was direct and completely spontaneous and fearless in establishing a relationship with me. I just could not bullshit her in any way and that turned out to be quite liberating in itself. We quickly found practical ways to approach my problem and insights that helped save my marriage. My time with her was always well spent and invigorating and I always recommend her to any friends who think they need "help." I am very grateful to her.

I had been in therapy for many years, trying different methods and therapists. I knew therapy kept me sane and able to function, but I still did not know myself. Sandra Scales was the first individual who counseled me whom I couldn't outsmart. I had a very fragmented personality when we began. Sandra invited me to learn what makes me think, feel, and act, and to befriend, trust, and enjoy the basic elements of who I am. This created a foundation of spiritual health that is unwavering, no matter the conditions in life that I experience. I have referred many clients to Sandra. Sandra has brought deep and significant healing to even the most challenging suffering. Life will always be mysterious, but because of my work with Sandra, I am no longer such a mystery to myself.

Sandra is sui generis, the herald of a new breed of spiritual warriors. Her power is that of acute discernment, mining for the essential and penetrating to the heart of the matter. Her rare gift of compassion coupled with bravery inspire me.

Sandra's Buddhist counsel has helped me immensely. I was hit with panic attacks all of a sudden and lived in terror of the next one. Talking to Sandra has helped immensely. She gave me the most practical spiritual advice. Somehow I've stopped having panic attacks and pretty much all anxiety altogether. I talk to her about once every couple weeks now, just to check in. I really feel like she saved my sanity.

Dr. Sandra Scales has been my guide for the past 15 months. She has helped to shed light on deeply repressed patterns that I kept on unintentionally repeating as an adult. I feel much more aware and protected with the knowledge I have gained from our sessions. She has given me the tools to recognize and change my old destructive habits. For this skill I am forever grateful. Self-knowledge is truly the best gift imaginable.
I have seen a handful of other therapists in my life, but no individual has been as sharp as Sandra. I cannot hide from her. She is always on to me, calling me on my tricks and games. I really needed someone to be tough on me in this respect. And Sandra has been doing a great job at helping me find and nurture my true self. She is the perfect balance of pointedly direct and deeply kind. I have not found another guide who has inspired me to be completely honest and to hide nothing. There is a level of trust that Sandra builds in her sessions that is very rare. This trust makes powerfully positive transformations possible.
She is a great mirror of wisdom and compassion. I cannot recommend her highly enough.

Sandra has assisted my transition in the last few years with delicate grace and refreshing directness. She has been able to penetrate confusion with truth that allowed me to powerfully direct the movement of my life.

I found Sandra to be both compassionate and courageous. Her sense of humor helps The medicine go down and enabled me to step higher on the ladder of self-discovery and self-acceptance.

Sandra is so intuitive and generous, it was a huge relief to hear her take on issues that I’d gotten tangled up in, especially about food. She helps me unravel the knots so I can see the space in-between. I wouldn’t want to talk with anyone else, friends or family, about these things. I am so grateful.

Sandra's approach to therapy is unconventional. Thoroughly grounded in Buddhist insight and training, she uses her own intuition to do what needs doing.
When I met Sandra I was in need: of a friend, a counselor, a listener, a guide. She has been all that to me. With her help I was able to work through the most difficult and painful events of my life. Our sessions have been debate-like, sometimes dramatic, sometimes challenging, sometimes calming, often with gales of laughter. They are never ordinary. I have tried and studied many forms of therapy, but that was nothing like this spiritual counsel has been.
My work with Sandra is simple: see what needs doing and do that. One thing at a time. Practical and doable. Now I need to do this. Now I need to do that.

Sandra is a lovely person, with a wonderful voice and an amazing ability to feel what I am feeling. I highly recommend her.

Dr. Scales has given me the tools and insights to balance the complex forces of my daily work environment. With compassion and clear perceptions she facilitated a resolution of extremely difficult work issues. With her subtlety and range of modalities Sandra provided a deep healing to my life and my being.

When I first came to Sandra I could not walk down the street and feel that I was someone in the world. She helped me cut through my verbal floundering and get to the essence of what I was trying to express. She gave me a groundedness that I had not had before. She has been and still is an important part of my growth as I prepare myself at age 60 to take on some service in the world.

Sandra's work with me has been rich and multi-faceted, yet at the same time simple. She shared herself in a very authentic way and by inviting me to do the same, introduced me to my real self. Great fun! I adore Sandra. I trust her. She is brave and tender-hearted and she knows things no one ever told her. She is very funny and a fool for pretty shoes.

My sessions with Dr. Scales consisted of self-hypnosis to love myself because I was on a self-destructive path, and possibly other things worse. She handled my case with class, tact, and professionalism and I thank God for her coming into my life. I many times wish that I could surround myself with real people like her. It's not only the intelligence factor, but the lady has a heart. She cares for the human race and has helped me direct my life and my son's life in a productive manner with constructive lessons. For a Black American-Indian I am proud to have made a friend in need and a friend indeed.

I always felt that therapy would be a waste of my time. In contrast, talking with Sandra actually created time. She helped me recognize and let go of old habits and negativity so that I could move on with my life. No more stagnation.

Since the day I met Sandra Scales, my life has improved dramatically. The impact her sage counsel has had on the overall quality of my life is immeasurable. After decades of interacting with various psychiatrists, psycho-analysts, psychologists, and therapists of all kinds, I had truly given up that such things could ever provide me with any definite positive results.

Enter Sandra: at a close relative's insistence, I allowed for "one more shot" at some kind of help. An auspicious connection was made, and what followed was surprisingly unparalleled good fortune. That was more than a decade ago, and to this day, I am still reaping the benefits of my work with her and the quantum-life change for the better which resulted.

I wholeheartedly believe that Dr. Scales possesses a truly unique gift and is a rare one-of-a-kind master at what she does.