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Sarah B. Shevchuk, Psy.D.

Dr. Sarah Shevchuk, Psy.D., earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology in 2011. With specialized training in the treatment of serious and persistent mental illness from the Cleveland VA Medical Center, Dr. Shevchuk has provided psychological services throughout New York State, including in state prisons, psychiatric hospitals, and within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

She has held several pivotal roles, including Residential Crisis Treatment Program Coordinator, Psychological Evaluation Coordinator, and Inpatient Clinical Coordinator. For the past five years, Dr. Shevchuk has concentrated on integrative mental health care, particularly within Primary Care Mental Health Integration. She has also held various academic appointments throughout her career.

Dr. Shevchuk has chaired numerous committees dedicated to mental health environments of care, program evaluation, and process improvement, drawing on her Lean Six Sigma Yellow and Green Belt certifications. She has been actively involved in the national deployment of evidence-based psychotherapies within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Additionally, Dr. Shevchuk has served as a major rotation preceptor and assessment supervisor for an APA-accredited predoctoral psychology internship program.

Identifying as a generalist, Dr. Shevchuk is largely informed by cognitive-behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy. She emphasizes care that is recovery-oriented, patient-centered, and inclusive of holistic health and wellness. Early in her career, Dr. Shevchuk conducted research in biological sciences and neuroscience, focusing on the impact of psychoactive substances on brain cells involved in pain pathways.

Outside of her professional life, Dr. Shevchuk enjoys spending time with her family during what she humorously refers to as her "Hockey-Soccer-Dance-Cheer-Basketball-Lacrosse and Gymnastics Mom Era." Despite her Ukrainian surname, she proudly identifies as an American of Italian descent, and her neighborhood delights in her Sunday suppers. 

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Psychopharmacology for Psychotherapists Home Study (2 CEs) 
Sarah B. Shevchuk, Psy.D.
$59.00
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According to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, approxi­mately 10% of US adults fill one or more antidepressant prescriptions each year, with many of these prescriptions coming from non-psychiatrists. They are some of the most widely prescribed medications of our generation. As more and more patients are prescribed antidepressants and other psychotropic medications, an increased need and responsibility is raised for non-prescribing therapists to be knowledgeable enough to work more effectively with patients and their prescribers in this arena. The follow­ing webinar is intended to be an introductory course that offers general, yet comprehensive information about psy­chopharmacology, including understanding neurobiological underpinnings of how medications work, commonly pre­scribed drug categories, how to work more effectively with patients, and how to work more effectively with prescrib­ers. Unique to this webinar will be the inclusion of how to maximize treatment outcomes and effectively use collab­orative care strategies.

session: 7565
The Biology of Reward and Deficiency Home Study (3 CE's) 
Sarah B. Shevchuk, Psy.D.
$69.00
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“Excellent presentation. Presenter was very knowledgeable and thorough. No improvements needed.”-Bruce G., Counselor, Illinois

The biology of reward has been well-studied and is linked to numerous mental health diagnoses. Researchers identified an anomaly in this reward cascade called Reward Deficiency Syndrome or RDS. This anomaly and its impact on psychotherapy are less evident in psychological literature, yet it provides useful knowledge in one of the most prevalent and challenging of all mental health disorders…addiction. This seminar will help you understand the cascade theory of reward and provide you with working knowledge of RDS. You will be able to talk about how RDS affects the brain, what research has found regarding the impact of RDS, as well as discuss a model of therapy that considers highly this biological aspect of mental illness. The focus of this seminar is biopsychological and psychopharmaocological in nature.

session: 8175