Care that’s unique - just like you.
Cantera Psychiatry operates as a private practice, allowing Dr. Ansbro and her team to offer the kind of unhurried, thorough care that is not possible within other systems.
What this Means For Cantera Patients:
Appointments are longer.
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Treatment plans are personalized.
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Able to build a relationship with your provider that actually supports healing.
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Appointments are longer. 〰️ Treatment plans are personalized. 〰️ Able to build a relationship with your provider that actually supports healing. 〰️
Dr. Sarah Ansbro, MD, MBA
A psychiatrist who believes medicine and humanity belong together.
Dr. Sarah Ansbro (she/they) is a board-certified psychiatrist with more than ten years of experience treating adults across the full range of psychiatric conditions. She is a proud San Antonian, and she built her practice here on purpose.
She founded Cantera Psychiatry in 2016 because she wanted a place where appointments are not rushed and where the whole person matters.
We know that finding the right provider for your unique circumstances and needs may feel overwhelming.
Learn more about Dr. Ansbro and her work to see if booking an appointment with Cantera Psychiatry is the right next step in your healing journey.
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Dr. Ansbro earned her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine and her MBA at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Management.
She completed her psychiatry residency at the University of South Florida and is board certified through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
She completed through the Internal Family Systems Institute and applies these trainings in therapy sessions. She has also graduated from a psychedelic facilitator certification program and is a certified Reiki master. Beyond these, Sarah is certified to practice myofascial release, a gentle hands-on body therapy.
Dr. Ansbro is also certified in trauma-informed care through the State of Texas.
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Dr. Ansbro and her team work best with those who are ready to make the lasting change.
Depression and anxiety
PTSD and trauma
ADHD
Bipolar disorder
OCD
Schizophrenia
Eating disorders
She is a leading expert and specializes in complicated, treatment-resistant cases. If you have tried several approaches and still feel stuck, booking an appointment with Dr. Ansbro may be your next right step on your healing journey.
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Dr. Ansbro works to simplify medication rather than add to it. She pairs careful prescribing with therapy, integrative practices, and appointments long enough to actually talk.
She also engages in an ongoing exploration of how holistic practices can meaningfully augment allopathic medicine to foster lasting results for her patients.
Trained in Barnes-style myofascial release and Reiki, and a dedicated daily yoga practitioner, she brings a lived, embodied understanding of integrative healing to her work.
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Dr. Ansbro has taught medical students and psychiatric nurse practitioners at UT Health San Antonio and Des Moines University. She has published research in peer-reviewed medical journals and presented to audiences of physicians, nurses, and public health leaders.
Earlier in her career, she served as medical director of a 23-bed inpatient psychiatric unit and treated veterans in a VA psychiatric emergency center.
Dr. Ansbro is also bilingual, being fluent in both English and Spanish.
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Dr. Ansbro (she/her) is an advocate for the LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse communities, and her practice is affirming by design.
She provides gender-affirming hormone care for transgender, nonbinary, and agender adults, along with the documentation and coordination that often comes with it. She knows how the system works supports her patients through it.
Dr. Ansbro has been twice named as San Antonio LGBT Chamber of Commerce’s Community Champion.
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Dr. Ansbro is a licensed skydiver and certified in formation skydiving. She also cooks, crochets, meditates, plays piano, sings, and reads science fiction.
She brings her full, multidimensional self to her work, and hopes you will also bring your most authentic self to sessions.
You don’t have to take the journey alone.
Meet Your Care Team:
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![Dr. Sarah Ansbro]()
Dr. Sarah Ansbro
PSYCHIATRIST & FOUNDER (MD, MBA)
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![Erin Rifenburgh]()
Erin Rifenburgh
PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER (PMHNP, MS)
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![Jennifer Burrell]()
Jennifer Burrell
OFFICE & BILLING MANAGER (MBA)
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![Joanna Jasso]()
Joanna Jasso
PATIENT CARE COORDINATOR (CMA)
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![Stefani Elizondo]()
Stefani Elizondo
PATIENT CARE COORDINATOR (CMA)
Passions Driving our Practice:
Holistic & Traditional Approaches to Treatment.
Dr. Ansbro engages in ongoing exploration of how holistic practices can meaningfully augment allopathic medicine to foster lasting results for her patients.
Trained in Barnes-style myofascial release and Reiki, and a dedicated daily yoga practitioner, she brings a lived, embodied understanding of integrative healing to her work.
Providing Quality Support for All Patients.
The entire Cantera Psychiatry team prioritize using affirming, gender-competent care, including support with inclusive care documentation and coordination.
Dr. Ansbro was recognized as a Community Champion in both 2020 and 2021 by the San Antonio LGBT Chamber of Commerce and continues to serve as a thought leader and advocate for underserved or misunderstood groups.
Cantera Psychiatry’s Commitment to Holistic Wellness
Dr. Ansbro and her team are committed to engaging in continuing education efforts.
Because of her efforts in seeking additional trainings and certifications, Dr. Ansbro is able to offer effective holistic & personalized treatment plans — going above & beyond the work of a traditional psychiatrist.
Dr. Sarah Ansbro’s additional credentials & certifications (below):
Reiki Practitioner, 2nd Degree
Reiki Practitioner, 3rd Degree
Myofascial Unwinding Technique Certification
Myofascial Release Techniques Certification
Psychedelic Facilitator Training Certificate
Trauma-Informed Care Certificate (Individual)
Care Rooted In The
Internal Family Systems
Philosophy
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a tool that conceives every human being is a system of protective and wounded inner parts lead by a core Self.
Dr. Ansbro believes that the mind is naturally multiple and that is a good thing. Just like members of a family, inner parts are forced from their valuable states into extreme roles within us.
Self is in everyone. It can’t be damaged. It knows how to heal.