Dr. Sarah Williams is a Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years’ experience. She has also completed a PhD in Psychology on best and close friendships in adulthood (reciprocation, dissolution, ostracism, distress, and restoration).
Sarah approaches each client with warmth, empathy, compassion, and a desire to facilitate positive change. Her ability to create a safe and non-judgmental environment allows individuals to openly express their thoughts and feelings, fostering a strong therapeutic alliance. She aims to empower individuals to regain control over their lives and develop coping strategies that promote lasting well-being.
Sarah has experience working with people across the life span. Her current areas of focus are women’s mental health, specifically regarding friendship related struggles; anxiety disorders (e.g., phobias and panic attacks); infertility distress and grief; and perinatal care (pre-and post-natal), including anxiety, depression, grief, birth-trauma, and adjustment to life after pregnancy loss or birth.
Sarah is committed to providing evidenced-based interventions tailored to client’s specific goals, by drawing on a range of therapeutic techniques including. Her primary therapy modalities are Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT).
Sarah is a Board-approved supervisor and has extensive experience in providing clinical supervision for Master’s degree students and clinical psychology registrars. She also tutors a wide range of Master’s-level university psychology courses.
Areas of practice
Women’s mental health
- Navigating complexities in adult friendships (e.g., ostracism, grief, loneliness, changes in friendship dynamics)
- Perinatal mental health
- antenatal/postnatal anxiety and depression
- unexpected pregnancy outcomes (e.g., birth trauma, miscarriage, still birth)
- Infertility distress and grief
- Anxiety disorders (e.g., phobias and panic attacks)
Board approved supervision
- Secondary supervision of provisional psychologists
- Supervision of registered psychologists
- For supervision relating to women’s mental health, child and adolescent therapy, and/or learning and educational assessments
Qualifications and Memberships
PhD (Psychology), The University of Adelaide, 2023
Master of Psychology (Clinical), The University of Adelaide, 2008
Australian Psychological Society (APS) Board Approved Supervisor, since 2017
Full and current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia
Clinical Psychology endorsement
Member of the Clinical College of the Australian Psychological Society
Medicare Provider
- Clinical Psychology
- Non-directive Pregnancy Counselling
* Please note that Sarah’s focus is on clinical therapy and clinical supervision. She does not provide reports for WorkCover claims, Medico-Legal, Family Courts, work/study provisions, or other purposes.
Sarah Williams’ ABN is 15315467633
