Sandra Mattar, PsyD

Dr. Mattar is currently an Assistant Professor at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center (BMC), and a Clinical Psychologist at the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights at BMC. She is also Faculty/Supervisor at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology (BMC). She is a licensed psychologist with more than 20 years of clinical and teaching experience combined. She has done field research around war trauma in Lebanon. Dr. Mattar is a founding member of the Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA), and one of the authors on the Race and Ethnicity Guidelines in Psychology (2019). Dr. Mattar’s research interests are on the intersection of psychological trauma and culture; immigrant and refugee mental health; mental health disparities; cultural considerations in mental health and in education and training. Her clinical interests also include mindfulness and spirituality. She is currently an Associate Editor for the APA Journal of Psychological Trauma. Dr. Mattar also holds a Yoga Teacher certification (CYT-500 hours), and is Part-Time Faculty at Boston College (Graduate Counseling Program).