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The Invitation to Change: A Short Guide is a practical guide to the 9 core topics of the Invitation to Change Approach, the helping approach at the core of everything we do.

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Sarah Zucker, PsyD

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Dr. Zucker is a licensed psychologist located in San Diego, CA. Her passion is helping clients resolve substance use concerns and supporting people in the change process, however that may look for each individual.

Dr. Zucker attended the University of California, Los Angeles for her undergraduate studies. After graduating, she obtained her doctorate in psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in San Diego. Dr. Zucker has primarily worked in private practice, university counseling settings, and as a staff psychologist and director in treatment centers that provide detox and residential treatment. At San Diego State University, she utilized a grant to co-design and implement the university’s first collegiate recovery program and gave presentations on reducing stigma and being an ally to people in various stages of recovery.

Dr. Zucker has presented and written extensively about Motivational Interviewing, client-centered discharge planning, Invitation to Change, reducing stigma, and making treatment and recovery more welcoming and affirming for marginalized groups. She works primarily with addiction and substance use concerns, trauma, anxiety and OCD, with members of the LGBTQ+ community, students, teens, and adults.