BA, PG Dip in CBT (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon)
Sarah Rakovshik has been Head of OCTC since 2018. She worked previously as the Director of the PG Diploma, MSc and DPhil in CBT for OCTC’s University of Oxford courses, and an OCTC trainer and supervisor. She has responsibility for operations and strategic development across the wide range of OCTC supervision, training, research, and CBT dissemination activities, as well as contributing to the strategic management of the overall Directorate.
Sarah completed a DPhil at Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry with a thesis entitled Establishing evidence-based training of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy treatments:
Empirical and theoretical guidance for dissemination. Her research has focussed on developing effective methods of disseminating evidence-based treatments for populations without access to formal CBT training. As part of this work, she and her colleagues at OCTC have run randomised controlled trials with therapists from Russia, Ukraine and Sudan that provide evidence for the positive effects of online training and supervision
As a clinician, Sarah has worked with complex presentations involving trauma and personality development for nearly 2 decades. She regularly delivers training on this topic to UK and international participants. She was a member of the working group that established the Health Education England Severe Mental Health Problems national curriculum for CBTpd, which is now being delivered to NHS staff working in local services across England. Sarah is BABCP accredited Consultant Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and works one day a week at Oxford Health Specialist Psychological Interventions Clinic (OSHPIC).
