Sarah Buckland - Registered Psychologist

Sarah is a highly skilled registered licensed psychologist in Auckland, who approaches her work with empathy and compassion. Sarah completed her psychologist registration in New Zealand, and has worked in a variety of settings, such as disability services, Mental Health, Ministry of Education, and ACC accredited services. Sarah works across the lifespan, in a culturally sensitive and holistic way.

Her main areas of interest include trauma, neurodiversity, traumatic brain injury, anxiety and mood disorders, parent and family support, gender identity, resilience and grief.

Sarah works flexibly and collaboratively and uses a variety of values centred, evidence-based therapeutic models to support clients to be able to develop strategies to overcome difficulties and work towards their goals. Alongside therapy, Sarah also offers supervision to psychologist and other health professionals, as well as facilitating training and workshops.

Beyond her professional life, Sarah is a parent of teenage daughters, and spends her spare time outdoors, coaching netball, and spending time with her family, and pets.

Therapy approaches

• Cognitive Behaviour al Therapy (CBT)

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Eye Movement desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

• Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA)

• Play Therapy (informed practice)

• Motivational Interviewing

• Solutions Focused Therapy

Qualifications

• Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology

• Post Graduate Certificate in Educational Psychology

• MA (honours) in Psychology

• Bachelor of Arts - (Honours)

Memberships

• Registered Psychologist with the New Zealand Psychologist Board

• Full Member of the New Zealand Psychologist Society

• Full Member of the New Zealand Society for Behaviour Analysis

• Associate Member of the New Zealand Association for EMDR Therapists