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Portrait of Sara Paulsen

Honor Society® member

Sara Paulsen

Behavioral Technician at Spring Harbor Hospital

  • psychology
  • Class of 2026
  • Sebago, ME

Member since February 2025

About

I have my BA in Studio Art, MA in Psychology, and will finish my MA in Counseling Psychology with an Emphasis of Creative Arts in 2026.

Education

  • University of Maine in Farmington

    MA Counseling Psychology with Emphasis in Creative Arts

    2024 – 2026

  • Chicago School of Professional Psychology

    MA Psychology

    2022 – 2024

  • Whitman College

    BA Studio Art

    2000 – 2004

Honors and awards

  • Citizen Partner Award 2018, 2023

    Maine State Police

  • Baer Reintegration Scholarship

    2023, 2024

Goals and interests

Career goal

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

Graduate school interests

Psychology
Studio Art
Community Service in Mental Health

Outside the classroom

Writing fiction and nonfiction, painting, printmaking, photography, playing with my service dog

Experience

  • Behavioral Technician

    Spring Harbor Hospital

    Feb 2005 – Feb 2025

Volunteering

  • Founder, director and mental health public speaker

    Kaleidoscope Speakers Bureau

    Oct 2014 – Feb 2025

  • Founder, Director, mental health public speaker

    Voices of Recovery Speakers Bureau

    Sep 2014 – Feb 2025

  • Mental Health Public Speaker

    National Alliance on Mental Illness

    Sep 2014 – Feb 2025

Languages

  • English (US) Fluent

Additional information