Sandra Mattar, PsyD

Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Mattar is a Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Associate Professor, and Director of Training at the Immigrant and Refugee Health Center at Boston Medical Center. She is the LEADS Director for the Global & Refugee Health Track at the BU School of Medicine. She is a graduate of William James College (formerly MSPP) and the Universidad Católica Andres Bello (Venezuela). She is a licensed psychologist with more than 25 years of combined clinical and teaching experience. She has done field research on war trauma in Lebanon. Dr. Mattar is a founding member of Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA) and is a Past Chair of the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs of APA. She was a contributor to the APA Race and Ethnicity Guidelines Task Force. Dr. Mattar’s research interests are at the intersection of psychological trauma and culture; immigrants' and refugees' mental health; multicultural and international psychology; culturally responsive, trauma-informed education and training; and mindfulness and spirituality. She is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Psychological Trauma. She holds a Yoga Teacher certification (RYT500) as well as a certification in Triyana Buddhist studies.

Publications

  • Published 1/1/2024

    Mattar, S. Chang & Lausell Bryant (Eds.). Transformative Careers in Mental Health for Black, Indigenous and People of Color: Expert Strategies to Promote Healing and Social Change in Academia, Clinical Settings and Beyond. Instituting anti-oppressive and decolonizing approaches to supervision and clinical training. Routledge. New York. 2024.

  • Published 12/22/2022

    Taknint, Joelle; Rojas Perez, Oscar, Mattar, Sandra, & Piwowarczyk, Linda. Teletherapy trauma treatment in context: Caring for refugee patients during and beyond COVID-19 pandemic. Practice Innovations. 2022.

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  • Published 7/21/2022

    Mattar, S., Ipekci, B., Louis, E. F., & Taknint, J. T. . Training considerations for providers engaged in refugee mental health care. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation. 2022.

  • Published 7/20/2022

    Mattar S, Gellatly R. Refugee mental health: Culturally relevant considerations. Curr Opin Psychol. 2022 Oct; 47:101429. PMID: 35973355.

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  • Published 1/1/2022

    Mattar. S., & Kimball, S. (2022). The traumatic impact of US immigration policies: a call of action for mental healthcare providers. Harvard Public Health Review. 2022.

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Education

  • William James College, PsyD
  • Andres Bell Catholic University, BS/MA

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