Department of Psychology
PAS building, room 3020
Tel 519-888-4567 Ext. 42813
Fax (519) 746-8631
Email psych@uwaterloo.ca
BA (Queen’s University), PhD (McGill University)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Toronto General Hospital, Eating Disorders Program
I will not be accepting a graduate student for Fall 2023.
My lab uses diverse methods to study theoretical models that help to explain the variation in well-being and psychopathology we see both across people and within a given person over time. The theory behind compassion-focused therapy (see Gilbert, 2005) has inspired a great deal of our research. In particular, we study the ways in which shame and self-criticism contribute to the development and maintenance of psychopathology, and compassion from others, for others, and for self contribute to its prevention and alleviation. My lab is primarily focused on testing the applicability of compassion-focused therapy, and its underlying theoretical model, to people with eating disorders and body image difficulties. We also study interventions designed help people become more self-compassionate and compassionate with others.
I run the Self-Attitudes Lab, which typically consists of 3-5 graduate students in our clinical psychology program, undergraduate honours thesis students, undergraduate research assistants, and a lab manager. We have regular lab meetings in which we get to learn about and offer suggestions on each other’s work in a supportive and dynamic environment. Our lab’s research has been funded by Social Sciences and Humanities research Council and Ontario Mental Health Foundation.
I have been continuously involved in the clinical supervision of the graduate students in our clinical psychology program. As of Fall 2019, I will be supervising a compassion-focused therapy group for adults with eating disorders in our Centre for Mental Health Research and Treatment (CMHRT).
I am a registered psychologist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. I have a small private practice run out of the Centre for Mental Health Research and Treatment (CMHRT). My areas of expertise are eating disorders and self-criticism. My therapeutic work usually involves compassion-focused therapy, and integrates acceptance-based, mindfulness, and cognitive-behaviour approaches depending on the client.
Department of Psychology
PAS building, room 3020
Tel 519-888-4567 Ext. 42813
Fax (519) 746-8631
Email psych@uwaterloo.ca
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.