S4E8: Ontario Psychology in Crisis with Dr. Marlene Taube-Schiff and Dr. Laura Nichols

Dr. Taube-Schiff has been a Registered Psychologist for almost 20 years and she has worked in a variety of academic institutions throughout Ontario. Currently, she is the Director and Founder of Forward Thinking Psychological Services, a multidisciplinary practice that delivers evidence-based assessment and treatment to adolescents and adults with symptoms of OCD and OCD related disorders as well as anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism and trauma. She is one of the founding professionals of the Sunnybrook Intensive Services Program for OCD and is still involved in research initiatives for the program. She has over 25 scientific publications, including book chapters, and has presented numerous workshops and symposiums both nationally and internationally. She is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and is a member of the previous Anxiety Canada Scientific Advisory Committee. She also holds Adjunct Faculty positions at York University and, previously, at Toronto Metropolitan University. Dr. Taube-Schiff is also engaged in a variety of teaching opportunities for healthcare professionals and trainees across Canada. Dr. Taube-Schiff is currently the Past President of the Ontario Psychological Association and the President-Elect for the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapies.

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Laura Nichols, PhD is a clinical psychologist and a current board member and President of the Ontario Psychological Association. She is the founder and director of the Centre for Change in Ottawa, a large clinic offering evidenced based mental health assessment and treatment for adults in Ottawa and across Ontario. Dr. Nichols serves as a clinical supervisor affiliated with the University of Ottawa and offers clinical training rotations in general mental health and trauma streams for psychology doctoral students and residents. Dr. Nichols has focused her clinic work on the assessment and treatment of occupational stress injuries including PTSD with first responders and the Canadian Armed Forces. She also works with individuals with mood and anxiety disorders as well as occupational stress. Dr. Nichols is a member of several national and international professional associations and has presented her research findings at many of these conference proceedings. She has published her research findings in tier 1 peer reviewed publications. She has also held adjust professor positions at several universities on the east coast and in Ottawa. She has served as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Institute of Mental Health Research and for the Anxiety and Depression Association of America.

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