Sarah Swannell
Sarah is a clinical psychologist in Brisbane Australia. She commenced her career in research, working as Senior Researcher in the Discipline of Psychiatry at The University of Queensland from 2005-2014, then supplemented this with clinical work from 2007. Sarah is particularly interested in BPD, trauma and dissociation and was the DBT Coordinator at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane from 2013 to 2021. She currently runs standalone DBT Skills Groups via her company Willow Oak Psychology, and is part of the team at DBTBrisbane, providing a private comprehensive DBT program. In her private practice, Sarah primarily utilises Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Ego State Therapy / Parks work, Schema Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, working from a trauma-informed approach and heavily informed by the theory of structural dissociation and neurobiology of attachment. Sarah volunteers her time to coordinate the Brisbane North Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Mental Health Professionals’ Network and holds an Academic Title of Lecturer at The University of Queensland. Sarah has advanced training in DBT and is a Trained EMDR Practitioner with the EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA). Sarah is a member of the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), and the Organized and Extreme Abuse Special Interest Group (OEA-SIG) of the ISSTD. In her spare time, Sarah enjoys riding her road bike, reading, and spending time with her two young children.
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