Sarah O’Donnell

Professional experience

As a Registered Psychologist, Sarah has a wealth of experience working with adults from a range of background to support their mental health. She has also provided Employee Assistance Program services and health coaching, demonstrating her understanding of workplace challenges and mental health impacts on job performance.

When working with clients, Sarah draws from a variety of treatment approaches including CBT, ACT, DBT-informed interventions, and Motivational Interviewing. Prior to this role, she supported adults returning to work after physical and psychological injuries, and from this has gained a particular interest in how we care for our own (and our colleagues’) mental health in a workplace environment.

With an approach grounded in empathy, Sarah also offers her skills as a Trainer with Access Psych. She has previously provided training to peers, focussed on develop skills related to the field of psychology.

Interests

• Bushwalking
• Cooking
• Travel

What Sarah loves about working in mental health

“I really love the privilege of being able to work alongside my clients in their recovery. Working as a team and setting goals together to work towards is really important to me.”