Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy, Supervision
About Paula Sacks
Paula Sacks is a licensed, clinically trained social worker in private practice in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Her office is conveniently located on Rt 9 (Boylston Street) across the street from The Shops at Chestnut Hill.
Areas of expertise:
Specialist in Adult Attachment disorders
Hypnotherapy and psychotherapy for:
Grief / Depression
- Adjustment disorders
- Phobic disorders
* Flight
* Height
Anxiety disorders
Peak Performance
Professional Training
Completed advanced course training thru Harvard Medical School:
- Year long hypnotherapy externship
Year long externship in the Treatment of Attachment Disruption
and Disorders in Adults- Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT)
- Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)
- Cognitive-behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Achievements
2018 – The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation awarded the 2017 Pierre Janet Writing Award for the book, “Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair.”
2010 – Governor Deval Patrick appointed Paula Sacks to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Work where she retired in 2015 as Board Chairman.
Psychotherapist at Community Legal Services and Counseling Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Paula Sacks administers psychosocial assessments and long-term individual psychotherapy for a wide range of psychological issues for low income clients, and provides in-house Attachment Theory training for staff and volunteer therapists.
Publications & Podcasts
Dr. Brown, Dr. Elliot, Ms. Sacks and a team of 6 therapists published Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair. Norton Books, August 2016.
Dr. Brown, Dr. Howard Steele and Ms. Sacks collaborated on a journal article, The Relative Contribution of Early Childhood Insecure Attachment and Abuse in Later Childhood to Personality and Dissociative Disorders. Pending Publication.
Podcast: Paula Sacks – NurseMARK – Episode 12
Paula Sacks, Psychotherapist and expert on Attachment Theory, talks about how we develop our inherent attachment styles. She shares how schemas and attachment styles affect all our relationships into adulthood and what steps to take to move to a “secure” attachment style. She also shares why it’s critical to do several small things while your child is between birth to 18 months of age to ensure their development of a secure attachment style.
Contact Information
Address:
Paula Sacks, LICSW
200 Boylston Street, Suite 305
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467