Sarah Bharier, PsyD
Adjunct Faculty
sbharier@wi.edu

BA Psychology, University of California Santa Barbara, 2003
PsyD Clinical Psychological, The Wright Institute, 2011

Dr. Bharier’s career has been largely based in community mental health settings that focus on working with children, adolescents and families. This has allowed a deepening understanding of the multiple systems of care within which many youth and families are involved. Her doctoral internship was at The Help Group in Sherman Oaks, CA where she focused on working with youth in multiple settings including in-home, out-patient clinic, residential group home, and non-public school. With a passion for community mental health as well as psychological assessment, Dr. Bharier then chose to pursue a postdoctoral residency at Westcoast Children’s Clinic. It is there that she took to the therapeutic collaborative model of assessment to which she is strongly rooted today. Currently, Dr. Bharier is a clinical supervisor and assessment program manager at Alameda Family Services where she actively supports the training of psychologists as well as staff clinicians. Her passion for education and training psychologists has led Dr. Bharier to teach both core and elective courses at the Wright Institute. In addition to this work, Dr. Bharier maintains a small private practice through which she provides immigration evaluation, psychological assessment, and therapy to youth and adults.

Professional Affiliations:

Collaborative Assessment Association of the Bay Area
Society for Personality Assessment
Therapeutic Assessment Institute

Selected Publications, Presentations, & Research Interests:

Bharier, S., Brittain, K., & Messina, S. (2026, March) Beyond the Child: Integrating Caregiver Testing Throughout the Child
and Adolescent Assessment Journey. Symposium at Society of Personality Assessment Convention, Toronto, Canada.

Abeles, R., Bharier, S., & Gutierrez, J, (2026, March) From Discomfort to Understanding: Navigating Feedback, Identity, and Countertransference in Complex Psychological
Assessment. Discussant for Case Presentation at Society of Personality Assessment Convention, Toronto, Canada.

Bharier, S., Brittain, K., & Messina, S. (2025). All Roads Lead to Roma: Paths to Personal and Professional Growth in TA Certification. The TA Connection, 13(2), 39-49.

Bharier, S., Brittain, K., & Messina, S. (2025, June ). All Roads Lead to Roma: Paths to Personal and Professional Growth in TA Certification. Symposium at Collaborative Therapeutic Assessment Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.

Bharier, S., Palm, J., Murakami, M., & Seger, S. (2025, June). The Art of Feedback: Core Concepts and Case Examples Using the Wartegg to Provide Therapeutic Feedback. Symposium at Collaborative Therapeutic Assessment Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.

Bharier, S. (2022). Does Everyone Draw a Sun in that Box? Utilizing the Crisi Wartegg System in Therapeutic Assessment. The TA Connection, 10(2), 21-26.

Bharier, S, Santas, D., Schaber, P., & Sepehri, S. (2021, October). How Many Psychologists Does it Take to Make One? Supervising TA in a Community Mental Health Setting. Roundtable Discussion at Collaborative Therapeutic Assessment Convention, Austin, TX.

Bharier, S. (2019, May). Utilizing the Crisi Wartegg System in Collaborative Assessment. Presentation at Collaborative Assessment Association of the Bay Area Speaker Forum, Berkeley, CA.

Bharier, S., Moore, K., Wong, M. & Zamora, E. (2018, April). The Ins and Outs of Private Practice, Presentation at California Psychological Association Convention, La Jolla, CA