TREVER SANGSTER, CT

Trever Sangster (pronouns: he/him) is a counselor trainee who works with adults. His specialty interests include stress, anxiety, emotional regulation, and personal growth. Trever takes an integrative, client-centered approach to counseling that emphasizes present-moment awareness, emotional safety, insight, and collaborative exploration. He tailors therapy to each client’s unique inner world and lived experience.

Trever completed his advanced education at The Ohio State University, earning a bachelor of science degree in sustainable plant systems and a minor in theatre. He is currently a master’s student at John Carroll University, completing a degree in clinical mental health counseling. His graduate training includes coursework in counseling theories, assessment and diagnosis, ethics, multicultural counseling, trauma-informed care, and crisis intervention. He has a particular interest in coursework and learning experiences related to mindfulness-based approaches, and the use of dreams and expressive arts in counseling. Trever values ongoing learning and views his clinical training as an evolving process shaped by both academic study and lived experience.

Beyond his academic training, Trever maintains an ongoing personal and professional interest in meditation, embodied practices, and reflective work with imagery and dreams. His continued learning in mindfulness-based and polyvagal-informed approaches supports a calm, grounded presence and sensitivity to nervous system regulation. These interests inform his thoughtful and respectful approach to working with clients from diverse backgrounds and belief systems.

Trever’s clinical approach to counseling is integrative and relational, grounded in the belief that meaningful change emerges through safety, presence, and collaborative exploration. He emphasizes emotional regulation, present-moment awareness, and insight-building, while remaining attentive to each client’s unique background, values, and lived experience. Trever works in a calm, nonjudgmental manner and views therapy as a shared process that supports self-understanding, resilience, and personal growth over time.

His strengths include: emotional attunement, mindfulness, openness to multiple perspectives, and the ability to create a grounded, respectful therapeutic space.