Ninette Sanchez

Ninette is a Marriage and Family Therapist whose clinical work centers on the people most often carrying the weight of what others would rather not see — survivors of religious trauma and sexual trauma, couples in deep conflict, and families struggling under the weight of patterns that have gone on for generations.

Her path into this work was not theoretical. Before joining Steady Compass full time, Ninette served as Director of a residential treatment facility for at-risk Orthodox Jewish girls, where she worked alongside young women who had experienced abuse, isolation, and the particular grief that comes when faith and family become a source of pain rather than refuge. That experience shapes how she approaches every client today: with steadiness, deep respect, and the conviction that healing is possible.

Today, Ninette balances her clinical practice with raising her own family. She brings to her work over 25 years of experience in human services and education, extensive time in residential and group home settings, foster care, and deep familiarity with the dynamics of high-conflict families. She is direct, warm, and tireless — the kind of clinician who shows up for the hard conversations.

As a Marriage and Family Therapist, couples and family therapy are not just services Ninette offers — they are at the core of her clinical training. She brings a systems lens that looks at the whole, not just the individual, helping families and couples understand the patterns they have inherited and the ones they are creating now.

Her work with high-conflict families is especially distinctive. Years inside residential settings — with young people in crisis, parents at the end of their rope, and family systems on the brink — have given her a steady, unflappable presence in difficult conversations. She is comfortable with intensity, and she does not back away from hard truths.

Ninette's therapeutic style is anchored in a non-judgmental, trauma-informed approach. She integrates evidence-based methods with deep relational warmth, drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills, and solution-focused work alongside systems-based and trauma-focused interventions. The pace and direction are set collaboratively, in keeping with where each client is and where they want to go.

Ninette's clinical perspective has been shaped over more than 25 years in human services and education. She has worked extensively in residential and group home settings, foster care, and crisis-level family work — environments where every conversation matters and where steady, attuned clinicians are the difference between escalation and repair.

Most recently, she served as Director of a residential facility for at-risk Orthodox Jewish girls, supporting young women navigating trauma, abuse, isolation, and the deeply complex terrain where faith, family, and identity intersect. That work continues to inform her approach — both her cultural fluency around religious community dynamics and her practiced calm in the room when things feel impossible.

She now sees clients full time through Steady Compass while raising her family, bringing to the practice both the intensity of her field experience and the grounded perspective of someone who has chosen this work, again and again.