Dr. Sara Sutton Click here for Vita

Sara Sutton joined Clinical Psychologists, P.C. in July 2009, after moving with her family from Virginia. She currently divides her time between completing psychological and psychoeducational assessments for individuals of all ages and providing psychotherapy to individual adolescents and adults, couples, and families with a variety of problems and diagnoses. She particularly enjoys working with patients struggling with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, stress reactions, and interpersonal difficulties.

Since 1992, Sara has worked in multiple settings, including a state psychiatric facility, a community mental health center, and a child development clinic. While a graduate student, she taught psychological assessment to first year clinical graduate students at University of
Rochester, and during her residency at Peninsula Child Development Clinic, she supervised third year clinical graduate students during their psychological assessment rotation. In 1997, Sara established and ran an independent private practice, where she specialized in the assessment of ADHD, learning disorders, and giftedness in children and adolescents and in the treatment of adolescents, adults, couples, and military families.

Sara has had myriad experiences that have shaped her approach to working with patients. She grew up in Los Angeles, California, where she enjoyed the diverse population, food, and cultures. She completed her doctorate at University of Rochester in New York and her internship in Topeka, Kansas before moving to Newport News, Virginia in 1995. She has worked with children at high risk of abuse and neglect, families under significant stress, couples struggling with problems ranging from communication issues to conjugal violence, and individual adolescents and adults with various backgrounds, cultures, and nationalities. Sara has found her work to be extremely gratifying and has been deeply impressed by her patients’ strength and resilience in the face of adversity. Sara is mindful of individual and cultural differences and believes that mutual trust and respect and a sense of humor are essential ingredients of a healing relationship.

At a personal level, Sara and her husband are raising their two teenage daughters. They enjoy traveling throughout the United States and internationally. They also enjoy recreational sports and while in Virginia, created and ran a developmental field hockey program for school age
girls, which continues to thrive in their absence. Sara spends her free time reading, running, and enjoying the charm of life in a small college town.