Dr Sarah Rakovshik

Consultant Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist

Dr Sarah Rakovshik is the Director of the University of Oxford/OCTC Postgraduate CBT Programme and is Head of OCTC.

She is an experienced therapist who has worked with a wide range of clinical disorders in adults and children.

Her clinical interests include treatment of co-morbidity and complex presentations, as well as the potentially positive effects of adverse life events.

Sarah holds a D.Phil. from Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry.

Her research has focused on training methods and their effects on therapists’ competence and patients’ outcomes.

She has had an international role as a trainer, supervisor, and consultant for CBT training programmes and research projects.

Research

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