Sarah McDonald
BA, GDS (Psych), D Clin Psych, PhD
Tues, Wed, Thurs
Sarah is an experienced therapist with over 15 years' experience across public and private health settings. Sarah holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney. She is a member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association (ACPA), Australian Psychological Society (APS) and the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (AACBT).
Sarah is a warm and compassionate therapist who provides a safe and supportive environment for clients to explore personal challenges, while also developing insight into their personal strengths. She works collaboratively with clients to develop an evidence-based treatment plan incorporating psycho-education and skills training, alongside empowering clients to draw on their personal resources to meet their goals.
Sarah uses an integrative model for treatment, drawing on a variety of therapeutic models including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, Problem Solving Therapy (PST), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Family Systems Therapy.
Sarah has experience working with adults, older adults, and families, in hospital, out-patient and community settings. She has extensive experience working with individuals with symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, as well as working with individuals distressed by adjustment to acute illness, chronic health conditions, relationship difficulties, pregnancy and parenting.
Sarah has strong clinical and research interests in health care workforce staff wellbeing, clinical health psychology and e-mental health. Her PhD thesis focused on body image disturbance in the context of diabetes and amputation. She has also held academic positions, teaching across several tertiary institutions and she published in the areas of chronic health problems and virtual delivered interventions for disorders of emotional wellbeing and chronic health conditions.
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