Sarah Fielding, LCSW - Board Member at Large

Sarah has worked in the social service field since 2008, primarily working with individuals, families, and communities across Montana. Sarah’s role in advocacy for underserved populations comes from both a personal and political value system based in human rights. Sarah received both her undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Montana. Her undergraduate degree in psychology and gender studies allowed her to gain a foundational understanding of human behavior along with critically examining how inequality impacts mental health. Throughout Sarah’s career she has worked a long side children and families in the foster care system impacted by systemic racism and classism. Sarah’s interest in how capitalism seemed to affect human attachment and development led her to pursue a master’s in social work. During her practicum experiences she worked on gaining clinical skills and knowledge with individuals, families, and groups and worked on macro level anti-racist and anti-oppression work with groups and communities. After graduate school she was the lead clinician for a therapeutic group home and then opened a private practice specializing in trauma treatment and attachment. She currently teaches at the University of Montana in the School of Social Work and maintains a small private practice.