Sarah Schubert
B.Psych (Hons), M.App.Clin.Psych, PhD
Sarah is a clinical psychologist , consultant and trainer with 15 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults. Sarah specialises in the treatment of trauma, specifically using EMDR therapy, but her work innovatively integrates many mind and body therapeutic approaches.
Sarah values flexibility, creativity, and evidence-based knowledge in her approach to healing, recovery, and wellbeing. Sarah works collaboratively to develop a clear treatment plan that best suits the needs of each unique individual. Sarah is known for her ability to see complex issues in a clear, insightful way, with humanness, warmth, groundedness, and compassion. Sarah is truly passionate that all those who experience the effects of trauma receive the best treatment possible to ensure they feel some of the fulness life can bring!
Sarah is published in the trauma field, and has worked in multidisciplinary clinical teams in government, non-government, and private sectors. Sarah has recently contributed to the international ISTSS treatment guidelines for PTSD, is an editor of the Oxford Handbook of EMDR therapy, and trains mental health professionals in the area of child, adolescent, and adult treatment for trauma. Because of her depth of knowledge in the field of trauma, her intigrative and transdiagnostic approach to healing,, Sarah is sought as a clinician, consultant, trainer, and speaker.
Selected Publications
Derek Farrell, Sarah Schubert, and Matthew D. Kiernan (Eds), The Oxford Handbook of EMDR (online edn, Oxford Academic, 20 Apr. 2023), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192898357.001.0001, accessed 20 Apr. 2023.
Beer, R, de Roos, C., & Schubert., S. (in press). EMDR with Children and Adolescents: Context, Empirical Evidence, and Challenges. In D. Farrell, S. Schubert and M. Kiernan (Eds), The Oxford Handbook of EMDR (online edn, Oxford Academic, 20 Apr. 2023), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192898357.001.0001
McMullen, S., Harvey, L.., & Schubert, S. (in press). EMDR Therapy and Phobias. In D. Farrell, S. Schubert, & M. Kiernan (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of EMDR (online edn, Oxford Academic, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192898357.001.0001
Shapiro, F., Russell, M., Lee, C., and Schubert, S. (2020). EMDR Therapy. In ISTSS, International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Prevention and Treatment Guidelines. Summary Available at: http://www.istss.org/treating-trauma/new-istss-prevention-and-treatment-guidelines.aspx
Matthijssen, S. …, Schubert, S., et al. (2020) The current status of EMDR therapy, specific target areas, and goals for the future. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 14(4), p. 241-256.
Contributing author to Shapiro, F. (2018). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy: Basic principles, protocol, and procedures. (3rd Ed.). New York: Guilford Press. (Sarah Schubert, eye movement theory).
Schubert, S.J., Lee, C.W., de Araujo, A., Butler, S., Taylor, G., & Drummond, P.D. (2016). The effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) to treat symptoms following trauma in Timor Leste. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 29, pp 141-8. doi: 10.1002/jts.22084
Schubert, S.J., Lee, C., & Drummond, P. (2016). Eye movements matter, but why? Confirmatory psychophysiological correlates of EMDR to treat trauma in Timor Leste. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research,10.
Schubert, S.J., Lee, C.W., & Drummond, P.D. (2011). The efficacy and psychophysiological correlates of dual-attention tasks in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 1-11.
Schubert, S.J. & Lee, C.W., (2009). Adult PTSD and its treatment with EMDR: A review of controversies, evidence, and theoretical knowledge. Journal of EMDR Practice & Research, 3, 117-132.
Lee, C.W. & Schubert, S.J. (2008). Omissions and errors in the Institute of Medicine’s report on the scientific evidence of treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 3, 32-38.
EMDR Therapy on Sunrise
On 13th June 2021, Dr Sarah Schubert was on Channel 7 Weekend Sunrise. Sarah stated, in EMDR Therapy “we identify the experiences that have happened in your life, … to reprocess memories out so that the past can be in the past, and our past life experiences don’t continue to create stress, and anxieties, and triggers in our current life now.” Sarah echoed the current media message from Prince Harry, that: It’s ok to not be ok; Getting help is a sign of courage, not one of weakness; Talk and listen to each other with openness and compassion; help is available”.
“Healing means accepting all parts of ourselves, not just the parts we like, but all of us. ”