Dr. Sarah Church, CEO of Wholeview, is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience in the treatment of substance use disorders. She is an expert in Mentalization Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA), and Contingency Management.

Before starting Wholeview, Dr. Church served as the Executive Director of the Division of Substance Abuse at Montefiore Medical Center and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine for 16 years. She completed a predoctoral fellowship in addiction at the Yale University School of Medicine and a postdoctoral year at the Substance Treatment and Research Service (STARS) at Columbia University Medical Center after graduating from Fordham University with a doctorate in clinical psychology and from Columbia University with an AB in psychology. Dr. Church was appointed by Mayors Bloomberg, De Blasio, and Adams to the NYC-DOHMH Community Services Board and serves on the Board of the Coalition of Medication-Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates (COMPA). She is a Past President of the Division on Addictions at the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA). Internationally, she has provided consultation to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for both Vietnam and Afghanistan as they develop medication-assisted treatment centers in their countries.