Purposeful Growth & Wellness

Meet Cory Mannarino, CT 🌱

Cory is a Licensed Professional Counselor here at PGW and recently finished his Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at John Carroll University. He works with teens and young to middle-aged adults navigating anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, and that “stuck” feeling, helping them reconnect with their sense of purpose and rediscover what actually motivates them.

His approach is warm, collaborative, and rooted in solution-focused and person-centered care. Cory meets clients exactly where they are and walks alongside them as they build a life that feels fulfilling.

Book with Cory today by visiting our site or giving us a call.

This is Sarah Saunders. 🤍

Founder of Purposeful Growth & Wellness. Therapist. Executive Leadership Coach. Consultant. Wife. Mom of four boys. And the person behind the vision of PGW.

Sarah built PGW because she believed there was room to do things differently.

She didn’t want to simply build another therapy practice. She wanted to create something that reflected the way she actually sees people: as whole people.

Because we don’t stop being human when we walk into work, sit down in a therapy office, become a parent, lead a team, or take on another title.

Sarah wanted therapy to feel personal and individualized. She wanted clinicians to have the freedom to truly meet people where they are. She wanted to bring conversations about mental health into spaces where they haven’t always existed, especially leadership and organizations. And she wanted PGW to continue expanding what meaningful support can look like across different seasons of life.

That vision has taken her work into a lot of different spaces.

Some days she’s sitting across from a therapy client. Other days she’s coaching an executive, working alongside a leadership team, speaking to a room full of people, building PGW alongside an incredible team, or heading home to the beautiful chaos of raising four boys.

The roles may look different, but the heart behind them is the same.

Sarah is endlessly curious about people. What shapes us. What drives us. How our experiences influence the way we show up in our relationships, our families, our work, and our leadership.
Because there is always a person underneath the position.

PGW was built to honor that.

Not to fit people into boxes, but to create space to understand the whole person, recognize their potential, and help them grow with greater intention and purpose.

That’s the heart behind Sarah’s work.

And it’s the heart behind Purposeful Growth & Wellness. 🤍

Meet Abigayle Cox, CT 🎨

Say hello to Abigayle — counselor trainee and student art therapist here at PGW, currently earning her Master’s in Art Therapy and Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Ursuline College.

Abigayle believes healing doesn’t always start with words. She works alongside children, adolescents, and families, using art-based methods to help them explore, express, and connect, especially when talk therapy alone doesn’t feel like enough.

Bubbly, grounded, and deeply relational, Abigayle sees the therapeutic relationship itself as part of the healing, a space where repair, growth, and insight can unfold together. She offers individual, family, and art therapy sessions, both in-person and virtual, under the direct supervision of Sarah Saunders, LPCC-S.