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 

• Independent Marriage and Family Therapist, #F.2000131, State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board​​

• Independent Marriage and Family Therapist Florida Telehealth Provider, #171, Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling

Education

• Master of Science in Family Therapy, Friends University

• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, THE Ohio State University

Select Teaching & Presentation Experience

• Newcomer, Sarah & Slabodnick, Levana. Kink: More then Just A Safeword. Presented at the 2nd Annual MFT & Systems Therapist Conference (Feb 21st & 22nd, 2020).

• Newcomer, Sarah. Furries: Not Just a Sex Thing. Presented at Columbus's First Sexology on Tap (Jan 27th, 2020).

• 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)

• Newcomer, Sarah. Intro to LGBT+ Studies. Adjunct Faculty, Wichita State University (2016)

Television Interviews

• Durant, Maria & Newcomer, Sarah. It's okay to step away from the family ABC6 (Feb 24th, 2020)

Continuing Education

• Ohio Center for Relationship and Sexual Health Certificate Program (2019 & 2020)

• Gottman Level 1 (2020)

• Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR) (2019)

• Emotionally Focused Therapy Core Skills (2019)

• Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship (2018)

• Prepare & Enrich Facilitator (2018)

Volunteer Work

• Midwest Furfest, Programming Team. Track Lead: Nature, Mental Health, Spirituality 2019 - Present

• AASECT Annual Conference Volunteer 2019

• Ohio MFT Network, Facebook Group Administrator & Creator 2016 - Present

• Columbus Ohio Mental Health Professionals Network Group, Facebook Group Administrator 2019- Present

• LGBQIA and Trans Affirming Therapists, Facebook Group Administrator 2020- Present

Professional Memberships