Sarah Allen BentonSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Sarah worked at McLean Hospital (affiliated with Harvard Medical School) at McLean Brook transitional living program for substance abuse and dual diagnosis treatment in Waltham, Massachusetts and at Turning Point addiction treatment program for young adult men in New Haven, CT, Sarah worked as a Primary Therapist.

She also worked in private practice at Lynch Wellness and Recovery Foundation in Norwell, MA., and worked as a consultant for the O'Connor Professional Group intensive case management services for mental health issues, eating disorder and addiction based out of Boston, MA.

She was the leader of the Alcohol Skills Training Program directed toward helping college-age problem drinkers at the Emmanuel College Counseling Center in Boston where she worked as a therapist.

She holds a Master’s of Science degree in Counseling Psychology from Northeastern University and has been involved in psychologically-based research studies through the Boston University Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, McLean Hospital and Northeastern University. At the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation of Greater Boston, she was a former Vice president.

Benton has appeared on TV shows like NPR, The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The CBS Early Show, and others. She was also featured by Jane Brody in a NY Times article and since February 2004, she’s been in recovery from alcoholism.