Sandra Mattar, PsyD
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Psychiatry

BS/MA, Andres Bell Catholic University
PsyD, William James College

Pronouns: she/her/hers



Dr. Mattar is a Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor, and Director of Training at the Immigrant and Refugee Health Center at Boston Medical Center. She is also Faculty/supervisor at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology (CMTP). She is a graduate of William James College (formerly MSPP), and the Universidad Católica Andres Bello (Venezuela). She is a licensed psychologist with more than 25 years of clinical and teaching experience combined. She has done field research on war trauma in Lebanon. Dr. Mattar was Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the Graduate Counseling Program at Saint Mary’s College of California. Dr. Mattar is a founding member of Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA) and is a Past Chair of the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs of APA. She was a contributor to the APA Race and Ethnicity Guidelines Task Force. Dr. Mattar’s research interests are on the intersection of psychological trauma and culture; immigrants and refugee mental health; multicultural and international psychology; culturally responsive, trauma-informed education and training, and mindfulness and spirituality. She is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Psychological Trauma. Dr. Mattar is bilingual in English and Spanish and speaks conversational Arabic and French. She holds a Yoga Teacher certification (RYT500) as well as a certification in Triyana Buddhist studies.

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  1. Taknint, Joelle; Rojas Perez, Oscar, Mattar, Sandra, & Piwowarczyk, Linda. Teletherapy trauma treatment in context: Caring for refugee patients during and beyond COVID-19 pandemic. Practice Innovations. 2022. View Publication
  2. Mattar, S., Ipekci, B., Louis, E. F., & Taknint, J. T. . Training considerations for providers engaged in refugee mental health care. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation. 2022.
  3. Mattar S, Gellatly R. Refugee mental health: Culturally relevant considerations. Curr Opin Psychol. 2022 Oct; 47:101429.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35973355; DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101429;
     
  4. Mattar. S., & Kimball, S. (2022). The traumatic impact of US immigration policies: a call of action for mental healthcare providers. Harvard Public Health Review. 2022.
  5. Mattar S, Frewen PA. Introduction to the special issue: Complementary medicine and integrative health approaches to trauma therapy and recovery. Psychol Trauma. 2020 Nov; 12(8):821-824. PMID: 33346679
     
  6. Mattar S, Piwowarczyk LA. COVID-19 and U.S.-based refugee populations: Commentary. Psychol Trauma. 2020 Aug; 12(S1):S228-S229.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32538665
     
  7. APA Taskforce on Race and Ethnicity Guidelines in Psychology. Practice Guidelines. 2019. View Publication
  8. Mattar, S. & Pestana, M. . Espin. O. & Dottolo, A. (Eds.). Gendered Journeys: Women, Migration and Feminist Psychology . Ni de aquí ni de allá: Narratives of migration and acculturation. Palgrave/McMillan. Virginia. 2015.
  9. Matz, D., Vogel, E., Mattar, S., Montenegro, H. . Interrupting intergenerational trauma: Children of Holocaust Survivors and the Third Reich. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology. 2015; Vol. 46:210-230.
  10. Mattar, S. & Vogel, E. The quality of the evidence: Expanding explanatory trauma frameworks through qualitative research. Europe’s Journal of Psychology. 2014; 10(2):363-375. View Publication
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How does trauma spill from one generation to the next?

The Washington Post 6/12/2023

The Trauma of Ukraine’s Civilians Will Haunt Them, and Us, for Generations

Washington Monthly 5/10/2022

‘Generations of hurt’: Children and grandchildren of war survivors fear ripple effect of Russia’s war in Ukraine

NBC News 3/26/2022

BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center Prepares to Welcome Afghans

BU Today 9/15/2021

150. Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health with Dr. Sandra Mattar

Psychologists Off The Clock Podcast 7/9/2020
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psychological trauma and culture
immigration
mental health disparities
multicultural and international psychology
cultural considerations in disaster mental health
culturally-sensitive education and training
multicultural awareness
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