Sarah H. Church

Dr. Sarah Church, the founder and executive director of Wholeview Wellness, is a clinical psychologist who has more than 25 years of experience in research, program development, and treatment of patients with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. She is an expert in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT), Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) and Contingency Management. Before starting Wholeview Wellness, Dr. Church served as the Executive Director of the Division of Substance Abuse at Montefiore Medical Center and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine for 17 years. She completed a predoctoral fellowship in addiction at the Yale University School of Medicine and a postdoctoral year at the Substance Treatment and Research Service (STARS) at Columbia University Medical Center after graduating from Fordham University with a doctorate in clinical psychology and from Columbia University with an AB in psychology. Dr. Church was appointed by Mayors Bloomberg, De Blasio, and Adams to the NYC-DOHMH Community Services Board and served for many years on the Board of the Coalition of Medication Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates (COMPA). She is also past President for New York State Psychological Association's (NYSPA) Division on Addiction. Internationally, she has provided consultation to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for both Vietnam and Afghanistan as they develop opioid treatment programs in their countries.