Dr. Sara A. Al-Khedairy (she/her), PhD, LPCC, NCC, is an Assistant Professor in the Counseling Department at Palo Alto University and a board member of the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (WACES). She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in California and a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). Sara earned her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Antioch University Seattle and her MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of San Diego.

Grounded in anti-oppressive and decolonial frameworks, Sara’s work bridges clinical practice, teaching, and research. Her scholarship centers on diversity, equity, and inclusion in counselor education; the lived experiences of counselor trainees and pre-licensed clinicians; and the relational and systemic dynamics of consensual non-monogamy. In clinical practice, she specializes in working with consensually non-monogamous, neurodivergent, LGBTQIA2S+, and second-generation immigrant clients, drawing from narrative, postmodern, and liberation-centered approaches.