Sandra Kacher, LICSW, has more than 25 years of clinical experience, and is cofounder of the Loring Psychotherapy and Mindfulness Center. She is a founding team member of the Resilience Training program (developed by the Partners in Resilience) at the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing.
Kacher has trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), Richard Schwartz (Internal Family Systems therapy), and Steven Hayes (Acceptance and Commitment therapy).
A published poet, and an editor of East-West Connections, a psychotherapy newsletter, Kacher is a skilled writer. She has been a popular presenter in health care and corporate settings on topics such as mindfulness and weight loss, healthy eating, resilience, and stress management.
She is inspired by the Buddhist ideal of “being the medicine” and strives to bring a healing presence into all aspects of her work and life.