Her doctoral thesis considered addiction and recovery in offenders with a history of heroin and crack use. Sarah has published findings from her thesis in Drugs and Alcohol Today and delivers workshops for the British Psychological Society on motivating offenders to change including presenting at the International Association for the Treatment of Sex Offenders in Denmark last year. Since her thesis, Sarah has been working as a successful independent research consultant and has conducted multiple substance misuse needs assessments across the Country, ensuring that substance misuse services including community rehabilitation centres, are fit for purpose and meet the desires of service users. In addition to her research and academic background, Sarah has experience as a practitioner in both community and custody settings, delivering recovery programmes and one to one therapy.