Education and Training
Sarah L. Sirbasku. Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who received her Clinical Psychology doctorate from the University of Alabama (an APA approved program) in 2000, with a specialization in child clinical psychology. Dr. Sirbasku’s undergraduate training was completed at the University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated in 1994 with highest honors. Her undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, with a minor in Child Development.

While completing her graduate studies at the University of Alabama, Dr. Sirbasku provided psychological services to children, adolescents, and adults (including therapy and assessment) in a variety of settings. These settings included community mental health centers, state hospitals, school districts, a children’s residential treatment center, and an outpatient treatment program for children and adolescents. She also taught undergraduate introductory psychology at the University of Alabama.

Dr. Sirbasku received specialized training in autism spectrum disorders, including autism, Asperger’s Disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. She served as a therapist and diagnostician for 5 years at the University of Alabama Pervasive Developmental Disorders Clinic. Her specialized training included conducting comprehensive psychological evaluations and diagnostic assessments, providing individual and family therapy services to children and parents, conducting school consultations, conducting staff/teacher trainings, attending ARD/IEP meetings, training classroom aides, leading social skills groups, and leading parent support groups. Dr. Sirbasku’s dissertation was entitled Parents of Children Diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorders: An Examination of Family Strengths, Coping, Distress, and Efficacy, and involved designing and leading a parent support group for parents that had a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.

Dr. Sirbasku completed a child/clinical APA approved pre-doctoral internship at Austin State Hospital in Austin, Texas, with a focus on children and adolescents with serious mental illness. She completed her post-doctoral residency hours in a private practice setting under the supervision of Ilana Albanese, Ph.D. Dr. Sirbasku is currently in private practice in Round Rock, Texas.