Sara Schamborg

Dr Sara Schamborg

  • Professional Title: Forensic Psychologist and Advanced Schema Therapist
  • Qualifications: DForenPsy, BSc (Hons), C.Psychol, Schema Therapy trained (ISST), EMDR trained
  • Clinic location: Old Market and Online

Background

Sara is a BPS (British Psychological Society) chartered and HCPC (Health and Professions Council) registered Practitioner Psychologist, as well as a
certified Advanced Schema Therapist and an EMDR Therapist. Since qualifying as a psychologist in 2014, she has worked in a variety of services and sectors, including the NHS, criminal justice system, and the charity sector.

Areas of Specialist Experience

Sara has experience of working with adults with a wide range of difficulties, such as difficulties relating to low mood, anger, anxiety, self-critical thoughts, drug and alcohol misuse, low self-esteem, and relationship issues. She has extensive experience of working with individuals who have experienced trauma, including childhood trauma, as well as those with long-standing difficulties.

Therapeutic Approach

Sara supports people to explore and understand their difficulties, whilst also supporting them to achieve their own goals.  She recognises the importance of proving a safe and non-judgemental space to those whom she works with, as well as working collaboratively to facilitate meaningful change.

Sara works in an integrated way, drawing on a variety of evidence-based approaches to meet the needs of the person she is working with, as she does not believe that there is one therapy approach that works for everyone. Sara mainly draws on Schema Therapy (ST), Eye Movement Desensitisation and  Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), whilst also integrating skills from other relevant approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT).