Sarah Buino, LCSW, RDDP, CADC, CDWF
Sarah Buino, LCSW, RDDP, CADC, NMT is a speaker, educator, consultant, and therapist known for integrating personal healing, therapist leadership development, and systems-level thinking.
She is the founder of Head/Heart Therapy and Head/Heart Business Therapy, where she supports helping professionals and group practice leaders in building psychologically healthy, relationally skillful, and ethically grounded workplaces.
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Dual Diagnosis Professional, Certified Alcohol and other Drug Counselor, and NARM Master Therapist, Sarah brings a deeply integrative lens to her work. She holds a master’s degree from Loyola University Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
For more than a decade, Sarah has supported individuals, groups, helping professionals, and organizations around issues including therapist wellness, shame resilience, developmental trauma, ethical use of power, and anti-oppressive practice in healthcare. She is especially known for her work at the intersection of the inner life of the therapist and the systems they work within, helping clinicians and leaders understand how trauma, power, culture, and business structures interact.
Sarah’s work focuses on helping healers grow personally, lead relationally, and operate wisely within complex and rapidly changing systems. Through her teaching, consulting, and speaking, she supports therapists and group practice leaders in developing the psychological and relational capacity needed to lead with integrity in today’s mental health landscape.