With over 20 years of clinical experience, Sarah Lam can help you manage your diabetes in a way that is positive and empowering. She worked for more than 10 years at the Diabetes Education Centre at the Royal North Shore hospital, Sydney – an experience that has given her a high level of insight into the issues that can arise and how to resolve them. She has also worked with people with anxiety, depression, phobias, eating disorders, pre or post natal mood disorders, psychosis, and with university students.
Training and qualifications
BSc (Psychol)Hons, UNSW
M (Psychol) Clin, UNSW
Treatment approach
Sarah’s original training was in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), which is an evidence based and widely used psychological treatment.
She has subsequently received training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) which are also evidence based treatments
Sarah’s breadth of experience allows her to customise treatment to the client so that the best outcome is reached.
Sarah has a personal interest and extensive experience with mindfulness.
Membership of professional associations
Member Australian Clinical Psychologists Association (ACPA)
Member Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA)
Member Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (AACBT)
Member Association for Contextual Behavioural Science (ACBS)
Training of professionals
Sarah Lam has been involved in training Clinical Psychologists and Diabetes Educators. This included writing academic content, lecturing, grading student work, and supervising aspects of practice.
Sarah has been invited to give talks to numerous organisations, including patient groups, professional groups, and the pharmaceutical industry.
Supervision of psychologists
Sarah Lam is an experienced clinical supervisor for psychologists, and this remains a large proportion of her work. This includes clinical supervision for psychologists working with diabetes related issues.
Publications
Soo, H and Lam, S (2009) Stress Management Training in diabetes mellitus. Journal of Health Psychology, 14(7), 933-943
Summary of proceedings of 1st APS Clinical Psychology Conference published in “Clinical Psychologist”, Vol 1, 1995.
Conference presentations
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for reducing distress in Type-1 Diabetes: Reflections from a pilot study. At 2013 AACBT conference
- A Mindfulness Group to reduce Emotional Distress in Type 1 Diabetes: Results of a pilot programme at 2013 Australian Diabetes Educators Association Conference
- Exploring student values as a tool in student support services – workshop presented at ANZ Student Services Association Conference 2015
- Using values cards to highlight developmental focus within student counselling – paper presented at ANZ Student Services Association Conference December 2015