Education, Training, and Affiliations
When you schedule with a relationship specialist, you get a therapist whom is specifically trained to navigate relationship challenges, just like yours...
Credentials
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Independent Marriage and Family Therapist, #F.2000131, State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board​​
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Independent Marriage and Family Therapist Florida Telehealth Provider, #171, Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling
Education
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Master of Science in Family Therapy, Friends University
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Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, THE Ohio State University
Select Teaching & Presentation Experience
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Newcomer, Sarah & Slabodnick, Levana. Kink: More then Just A Safeword. Presented at the 2nd Annual MFT & Systems Therapist Conference (Feb 21st & 22nd, 2020).
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Newcomer, Sarah. Furries: Not Just a Sex Thing. Presented at Columbus's First Sexology on Tap (Jan 27th, 2020).
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Newcomer, Sarah. Finding A Therapist Who Doesn't Suck. Presented at Midwest Furfest (December 5th, 2019).
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Newcomer, Sarah. Why Mental Health is Important. Presented at AnthrOhio with convention con-chair Ed Hyena (May 2019)
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Newcomer, Sarah. Intro to LGBT+ Studies. Adjunct Faculty, Wichita State University (2016)
Television Interviews
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Durant, Maria & Newcomer, Sarah. It's okay to step away from the family ABC6 (Feb 24th, 2020)
Continuing Education
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Ohio Center for Relationship and Sexual Health Certificate Program (2019 & 2020)
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Gottman Level 1 (2020)
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Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR) (2019)
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Emotionally Focused Therapy Core Skills (2019)
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Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship (2018)
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Prepare & Enrich Facilitator (2018)
Volunteer Work
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Midwest Furfest, Programming Team. Track Lead: Nature, Mental Health, Spirituality 2019 - Present
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AASECT Annual Conference Volunteer 2019
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Ohio MFT Network, Facebook Group Administrator & Creator 2016 - Present
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Columbus Ohio Mental Health Professionals Network Group, Facebook Group Administrator 2019- Present
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LGBQIA and Trans Affirming Therapists, Facebook Group Administrator 2020- Present