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 administered psychosocial assessments and long-term individual psychotherapy for a wide range of psychological issues for low income clients, and provided in-house Attachment Theory training for staff and volunteer therapists from 2004-2008.
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: Beauty is Eternal – Episode 11
Attachment Disorder Expert Paula Sacks: Insecure vs. Secure Attachment Styles, Tinder Shark-Pool Dating Rules & How To Build Self-Esteem
Paula Sacks talks about attachment styles and why they matter, explains the rules of online dating to keep women and men safe from predators and people who say one thing and do another, discusses anxious and avoidant dating style combinations and teaches us how to build self-esteem and how to become secure.
Podcast: CUTV News Radio Spotlight
Paula Sacks is a licensed clinical social worker with expertise in attachment styles and a co-author of Attachment Disturbances in Adult: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair.
In this podcast, Paula discusses the four attachment styles.
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