Sarah is an Independently Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Special Educator with expertise in behavioral medicine, specializing in work with children and adolescents, couples and families, and in supporting school districts with system development/MTSS structures that support student mental health.  Sarah draws on methodology used in Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Psychodynamic Theory.  She also has knowledge of Exposure Response Prevention for the treatment of anxiety disorders, and General Psychiatric Management for the treatment of personality disorders.

 

Sarah received her BA from Brown University and then went on to get her M.Ed. in Special Education at Pace University.  She taught special education and music for five years in NYC before returning to school for her Masters of Social Work, which she completed at Boston University, along with a certificate in Behavioral Medicine.  

 

Sarah trained at McLean Hospital and went on to work at McLean's adult inpatient detoxification unit before transitioning to the Adolescent Acute Residential Treatment unit (ART) at McLean Hospital, and then supervise new social workers in the department. She has done clinical work and program development in multiple school districts across MA and NY, and currently consults for school district administration in her role at Cartwheel. In 2022, Sarah joined the founding team at Cartwheel, an organization that provides virtual mental health care to students and families, and developed their initial clinical model alongside Juliana Chen, MD and current CMO.

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During Sarah's graduate program, she did research on Autistm Spectrum Disorders at Boston University Disability Services and has published in Pediatric Neuropsychology: Medical Advances and Lifespan Outcomes (2013) as well as Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (2014).  She holds licenses to teach both special education and Music in MA and NY, in addition to being a licensed school adjustment counselor in MA. Here clinical licenses are active in MA, NY, IL, CT and RI.