Sara Al-Khedairy, PhD, LPCC, NCC

Dr. Sara Al-Khedairy (she/her), PhD, LPCC, NCC, is a an Assistant Professor in the Counseling Department at Palo Alto University, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in California, a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), and a board member for the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (WACES). She holds a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Antioch University and an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of San Diego. Guided by a commitment to anti-oppressive and decolonial frameworks, Sara’s professional work spans clinical practice, teaching, and research. Her research interests include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in counselor education, the experiences of counselor trainees and pre-licensed clinicians, and the clinical and systemic dynamics of consensual non-monogamy. In her clinical practice, Sara specializes in working with consensually non-monogamous, neurodivergent, LGBTQIA2S+, and second-generation immigrants, offering care grounded in relational depth and a liberation-centered approach.

Narrative therapy and postmodern approaches, intersectionality and power dynamics in clinical practice, consensual non-monogamy, second-generation immigrant experiences, neurodivergence.