Find Your Path to Personal Growth
Working together to discover new ways of creating meaningful relationships and experiences
About Sage Therapy
Through life’s challenges, sometimes we need a safe and confidential space to process emotions and relationships as we navigate life’s complexities. Our dedicated team of therapists offers compassionate and personalized psychotherapy services for individuals, couples, and families from adolescence to adulthood. Specializing in addressing a range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, complex trauma, and relational issues, we are proud to provide inclusive and affirming care. Committed to guiding you on a path of personal growth, our team aims to tap into your inner wisdom and facilitate a transformative journey toward healing.
Accepts Telehealth Appointments
Accepts Online Payments
Accepts Insurance
Our History
Erica Brier-Kennedy, LMFT, CASAC, CCTP, and CIMHP, has been in private practice since 2009. In 2022, she launched Sage Therapy, a group practice created to meet the increasing demand for quality mental health care. At Sage Therapy, our team is committed to offering compassionate, personalized support that empowers clients to heal, grow, and thrive.
Our Services
Located in Fayetteville, NY, we offer a range of specialized therapy services designed to meet your unique needs and help you achieve a more balanced and fulfilling life.
Individual Therapy
We provide personalized support to help you manage depression, anxiety, addiction, and trauma, guiding you toward healing and lasting recovery. Our therapists use evidence-based approaches, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS), to address your unique needs.
Couples Therapy
Helping couples identify patterns of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that impact their relationships. We work together to transform these patterns into healthier actions, fostering better communication, deeper emotional connection, enhanced intimacy, and more fulfilling partnerships.
Family Therapy
Strengthen family bonds and enhance communication through our family therapy sessions. Whether you’re navigating ongoing challenges or seeking guidance to reconnect, we’re here to support your family’s journey toward growth and harmony.
Our Therapists
Erica Brier-Kennedy, LMFT-D, CASAC, CCTP, CIMHP
Practice Owner/Therapist
Erica works with individuals, couples, and families navigating trauma, addiction, depression, anxiety, grief, and relationship challenges. She provides collaborative, integrative care that supports healing, growth, and balance. As an AAMFT-approved supervisor, Erica is dedicated to mentorship and professional development. Her approach emphasizes empowerment and overall wellness, helping clients recover from addiction, manage stress, and improve their sleep. She integrates mind–body practices into therapy, combining psychological insight with somatic awareness to promote holistic healing and a deeper sense of wholeness.
Laura Stumhofer, MA, LMFT
Therapist
Laura specializes in helping couples deepen connection, improve communication, and enhance relationship satisfaction, including exploring sexual dynamics. She is also dedicated to empowering adolescents in self-discovery. With expertise in uncovering unconscious thoughts and emotions, Laura guides clients to understand the origins of behavioral patterns and transform them into healthier, more authentic connections. A certified yoga instructor with extensive knowledge of Eastern philosophy, Laura offers clients the option to integrate yoga and Eastern principles into their therapeutic journey, creating a holistic path to personal and relational growth.
Leanne Nagle, MA, LMFT
Therapist
Leanne offers a tailored therapeutic approach through individual, couple, and family sessions, specializing in trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, and LGBTQIA+ affirming care. She provides letters of support for clients seeking medical gender-affirming care and brings particular expertise in helping teens develop positive self-image and coping skills. Leanne’s philosophy focuses on restoring balance, guiding clients to process past and present experiences and reconnect with their authentic selves.
RianSimone Harris
Therapist
RianSimone Harris is a pre-licensed marriage and family therapist completing her clinical training under supervision. She works with individuals, couples, and families navigating life transitions, relational challenges, trauma, anxiety, and depression. Her collaborative, relational, and trauma-informed approach supports clients in exploring how past experiences shape current patterns, gently guiding them toward what feels more aligned with their authentic selves. RianSimone is known for her warm, compassionate, and nonjudgmental presence.
Emily Lavin, LMFT
Therapist
Emily specializes in assisting individuals, couples, and families, focusing on adolescents and adults. Whether you’re grappling with transitions, anxiety, depression, self-esteem obstacles, relationship issues, trauma, stress, women’s concerns, or other difficulties, she is here to offer attentive listening and help you uncover your strengths and barriers to growth. At the heart of Emily’s therapeutic approach is the transformative framework of Internal Family Systems therapy, which encourages the exploration of emotional landscapes and facilitates healing and personal development. She integrates techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), attachment-based, narrative, and emotionally focused modalities to tailor treatment to your unique needs. Emily has developed an affirming approach tailored to individuals exploring their authentic identities.
Amelia Lopez
Therapist
Amelia Lopez is a pre-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with individuals, couples, and families navigating trauma, intimacy, identity, and relational challenges. She specializes in trauma recovery, relationship distress, sexual identity exploration, anxiety, and depression. Her approach is experiential, emotion-focused, and grounded in trauma-informed and attachment-based principles. Amelia creates a calm, collaborative, and nonjudgmental space where clients can safely explore their experiences and move toward greater connection with their authentic selves.
Annemarie Sohn, LPMFT
Therapist
Annemarie, a PhD candidate from Syracuse University, provides individual, couple, and family therapy with expertise and research interests in LGBTQ+ affirming care, trauma, separation and divorce, co-parenting, neurodiversity, stress, depression, anxiety, and relational challenges. Her approach honors the complexity of your story and centers the body as a site of wisdom and survival. She co-creates a space of safety and connection, resisting the individualization of pain that often arises from systemic harm. Drawing from experiential, narrative, and other emotion-focused approaches, she works to deepen emotional access, strengthen relational attunement, and foster resilience, self-compassion, and acceptance. Through curiosity, authenticity, and safety, she is dedicated to helping you develop a sustained capacity for meaningful connections with yourself, others, and your broader community.
Whole-Person Focus
Why Choose Sage Therapy PLLC?
Our Unique Approach
At Sage Therapy PLLC, we tailor therapy to the individual, drawing from a range of evidence-based modalities to meet your specific needs. Our clinicians are trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Trauma-Focused interventions. This integrative approach allows us to provide thoughtful, personalized care that honors the complexity of each client’s experience.
Expert Therapists & Evidence-Based Practices
Our team is composed of highly trained and compassionate professionals who are committed to clinical excellence. We utilize empirically supported interventions and remain engaged with current research to ensure the highest standard of care. Our therapists prioritize ongoing professional development and bring both skill and empathy to the therapeutic relationship.
Affordable and Accessible
Mental health care should be accessible to everyone. We accept major insurance plans, including United Healthcare, Aetna, MVP, and Cigna. Our affordable fees range from $40 to $200, ensuring you can get the help you need without financial stress. We do not bill insurance for couples or family therapy.
Inclusive Environment
At Sage Therapy PLLC, we are deeply committed to creating a space where all individuals feel seen, respected, and valued. We honor the diversity of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, religious affiliation, and ability. Our therapeutic environment is affirming and inclusive, with a strong emphasis on cultural humility and responsiveness to each person’s lived experience.
Convenient Telehealth
We offer HIPAA-compliant telehealth services to make therapy more accessible and convenient, wherever you are located in New York State. Whether you are managing a busy schedule, living in a rural area, or simply prefer the comfort of home, our virtual platform ensures that quality care remains within reach.
Whole Person Approach
At Sage Therapy PLLC, we understand that healing involves the mind, body, and relational self. Our clinicians take a holistic approach that considers your emotional, psychological, relational, and cultural context. We work collaboratively with you to identify strengths, unburden pain, and cultivate resilience, supporting lasting transformation across all areas of your life.
Take A Step Towards A Better Mental Health!
Location
Sage Marriage & Family Therapy
523 East Genesee Street Fayetteville, NY 13066
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Tel: 5184000313
Email: ebrierkennedy@sagepllc.org