Sarah Greenberg, MA, MEd
Vice President, Expertise and Strategic Design, Understood
Highlights
Licensed psychotherapist
Leader in digital mental health
Longtime mental health and neurodiversity advocate
Sarah Greenberg has been a leader in digital mental health and ed tech for almost a decade and a psychotherapist and leadership coach for more than 15 years.
Before joining Understood, she was director of clinical design at BetterUp. She advised top startups like Headspace and Lemonaid Health. Her early career focused on trauma healing, low-cost mental health support, social justice, and education. Her work has been featured in Fast Company, Business Insider, Forbes, InStyle, and more. She’s the author of the Life’s Work column in Psychology Today.
She holds an MEd in prevention science and practice from Harvard University, an MA in mind-body counseling from California Institute of Integral Studies, and additional degrees in the social sciences from McGill University and the London School of Economics. She’s also a parent and an avid mindfulness practitioner of nearly 20 years.
Publications, media, and appearances
7 simple habits to protect your mental health (Psychology Today, 2021)
Is there a link between ADHD and binge eating? (National Geographic, 2023)
Beyond hedonia: 5 keys to enhancing worker well-being at scale (American Journal of Health Promotion)
CIO feature on Greenberg’s talk focused on women and executive presence at the Grace Hopper Celebration
