Dr. Sachs graduated from Hofstra University in New York with her PhD in Clinical and School Psychology. As a doctoral student at Hofstra University Dr. Sachs worked in various clinical and educational settings, serving as therapist, evaluator, coordinator, and team member. Her research and clinical interests included cognitive and behavioral treatments for individuals with social skills deficits, anxiety disorders and mood disorders, as well as understanding coping mechanisms in aging adults, patients, and their caregivers. Her dissertation focused on Anxiety Management Training utilizing competency imagery for dating anxiety. As a graduate student, Dr. Sachs completed her predoctoral internship at Peninsula Counseling Center, an affiliate of North Shore-LIJ System and one of the largest, licensed mental health counseling facilities in Nassau County, NY. She also had the opportunity to serve as director of the Social Skills Track at UC Berkeley, Blue Camp for two years, and work as a Research Coordinator at Jewish Home Lifecare in New York. Additionally, Dr. Sachs has taught among other college level courses Abnormal Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Psychology of Gender.
Dr. Rebecca Sachs received her Bachelors degree in Psychology and History from New York University, where she completed her honors thesis on interpersonal conflict in school age children. Between her years of schooling, Rebecca traveled and taught English in Chile and conducted research in cognitive and language development at Stanford University.
After graduate school, Dr. Sachs moved to Florida for a postdoctoral fellowship at University of Miami and Sylvester Cancer Center. As a postdoctoral fellow Dr. Sachs investigated psychosocial and bio-physiological aspects of quality of life of cancer patients and their family caregivers, and the implementation of intervention programs designed to improve quality of life in both patients and their caregivers. She also served as therapist for individual clients and groups, with an emphasis on heath and caregiving issues, mood and anxiety disorders, and cognitive behavioral treatments, and mindfulness training.