Rediscover the
art of loving
Loving yourself, your
relationships, your life
Therapy for Women and Couples
Online & in Santa Barbara, CA
Is fear taking center stage in your life?
Your heart feels frozen. Blanketed by fear, anxiety and stress take center stage.
You feel heavy and deflated as a longing for something better consumes every cell of your body. Yet you are unsure of exactly what?
Pain keeps you stuck. You question yourself, your values, your life, and your purpose. A gnawing sense of loneliness continues to consume you despite your friends and family. You feel disconnected and longing for a clearer path, a deeper relationship, and meaning.
Frustration, self-doubt, negative self-talk, and procrastination repeat themselves leaving you unsure, hiding, and frozen.
Staying frozen in fear is costing your happiness, your relationships, and, ultimately, your dreams.
Old ineffective patterns of communicating, behaving, relating, and working keep repeating themselves over and over without understanding why.
No land in sight, you feel lost at sea without a compass.
Without a compass, fear worsens, paralysis takes over, judgment and love evaporate. Life feels out of control like ocean waves crashing forcefully amidst a storm.
Unable to steer your destiny, you’re left with an ever-growing sense of fear, as winds thrust you further into open waters.
Need a compass?
Drifting. No land in sight. You know you are lost at sea.
Denial is no longer an option as suffering and pain keep knocking at your door.
Feeling isolated, alone, with the burden of stress and anxiety,
Dive In.
The path beyond fear and pain requires braving the unknown, the elements, and the storm.
With each crashing wave, there is an opportunity to discover, to learn, to grow and face our fears, and ultimately to love again.
It’s also an opportunity to dive below our chaotic ocean surface, to the hidden realms that live deep and to the place where calm waters are found.
At first, the dark blue underworld may seem extremely scary.
With a little trust, a new world is revealed: colorful, beautiful, peaceful, and magnificent.
Here, your fear is transformed to love, and your path home is opened.
Your love, your dreams, are a Dive away.
Re-igniting your heart, rebuilding trust, and nurturing your dreams start with a single decision to Dive In together.
The good news is that the fear and pain that got you lost at sea in the first place brought you HERE.
This is your inner Wisdom shouting:
“I am ready to Dive In. I am worth it.”
I celebrate your courage to take a step to Dive In.
Walk with me!
There is a beautiful way back home to yourself, to your heart.
Working with a therapist, a guide, to support you through the wild intricacies of your inner sea is a great start.
I am Sanna, Goddess / Mother of the Sea, here to walk with you on your inner journey home to yourself.
Hi, I’m Sanna.
When fear becomes the predominant life force in our lives, it’s hard to make the right life decisions, have healthy relationships, see the beauty around and in us, manifest our dreams, and thrive in life.
The shamanic, somatic, and transpersonal approaches that I offer will help you understand and free yourself from the cycles of fear and help you return to your heart. Rather than reacting or swept by your inner turbulent seas, fear becomes a gentle voice, a friend there to help you rather than overpower you. With such skills, your body will truly become your home, your ally, and your haven.
As we Dive In together, you will learn to explore your inner world, listen to its sacred voices, learn to appreciate the beauty that is lying within, and help you uncover the authentic space of your heart.
Whatever brought you here – anxiety and stress, self-doubt and negative self-talk, sadness and grief, relationship issues, or feeling lost and unable to move forward – celebrate that you have already taken the first step to Diving In. Freedom, love, authenticity, and happiness await you.
Anne-Marie Charest, Ph.D.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
What I Offer
Thriving Women
Empower Your Authentic Self
Couples Health
Create Relationship Wealth
Beyond Infidelity
The Art of Loving Again
Trauma Recovery
Untethering Your Fears
Spiritual Dive
Coming Home To Yourself
