Dr. Welton can be reached at (206)-300-5509 or dr.sarah.welton@gmail.com.
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Locations: Bothell
Sarah R. Welton, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist who received her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from Seattle Pacific University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education at the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System. She provides services to adolescents and adults utilizing an evidence-based, cognitive-behavioral approach that includes mindfulness and acceptance-based treatments, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. She has received specialized training in chronic pain, substance use disorders, PTSD, adolescent development, primary care/behavioral health integration, and biofeedback.
She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education at the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System. She has received specialized training in chronic pain and other chronic health conditions, substance use disorders, PTSD, adolescent development, and mind-body health and wellness.
Dr Welton’s work with adolescents and adults typically focuses on issues of stress management, coping skills, depression, anxiety, eating and sleeping issues, mind-body health and wellness coaching, chronic health conditions, addictive behaviors, unresolved grief, trauma, relationship struggles, and difficult life changes. She uses an integrative, mind-body skills-based approach to collaboratively examine the link between a client's physical, cognitive, and emotional symptoms. Then, an action plan is developed that incorporates strengths, life circumstances, and desired changes to work toward improved health, wellness, and quality of life.
Dr Welton believes the work of therapy is often to learn how to be present with discomfort and cultivate compassion for oneself and others in order to move in the direction of a full, rich and meaningful life. She is passionate about how we can train our bodies to affect our minds and vise versa, and is pursuing ongoing training in integrative medicine for mental health.
Areas of clinical specialty include:
Motivational Interviewing/Motivational Enhancement
Chronic Pain
Substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health issues
Trauma and PTSD
Behavioral Medicine and management of chronic health problems
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Binge Eating/Emotional Eating
Adolescent and adult stress, anxiety, and depression
Bereavement, grief, and loss -Military veterans and their families
Difficulties and problems in relationships