I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Determinants of Child Development Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary. My research work is co-supervised by Dr. Sheri Madigan, Ph.D, R.Psych (University of Calgary) and Dr. Nicole Racine, Ph.D, C.Psych (University of Ottawa). I am also a registered Clinical Psychologist (Supervised Practice) in Ontario, Canada. I provide assessment and treatment services to children, adolescents, parents/caregivers, and families. I currently practice out of Young Minds Psychology Clinic in North York, Ontario, Canada.
My research is grounded in a fundamental belief that relationships shape wellbeing across all stages of development. Adolescence is a particularly sensitive developmental period marked by rapid socioemotional growth and increasing salience of interpersonal relationships for identity formation and well-being. As a researcher, I am interested in understanding how adolescents' interpersonal relationships (with a particular empahasis on peer relationships and relationships with adults at school) influence their social and emotional development. Specifically, I am interested in how youth become involved in harmful interpersonal violence, such as bullying, and the impact of interpersonal violence on youths' mental health and well-being. My postdoctoral research uses longitudinal and meta-analytic research methods to examine how early life environmental risk factors and interpersonal relationships (e.g., with caregivers, peers, teachers) throughout development jointly shape adolescent bullying and socio-emotional development. I draw from ecological systems theory, coping theories, and developmental psychopathology theories in my research.
I completed by PhD in Clinical Psychology at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario, under the supervision of Dr. Wendy Craig in the Bully Lab. My research has been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
If you are interested in the psychological services (therapy, assessment, supervision) I offer, please refer to the Clinical Services page on the website.
My research is grounded in a fundamental belief that relationships shape wellbeing across all stages of development. Adolescence is a particularly sensitive developmental period marked by rapid socioemotional growth and increasing salience of interpersonal relationships for identity formation and well-being. As a researcher, I am interested in understanding how adolescents' interpersonal relationships (with a particular empahasis on peer relationships and relationships with adults at school) influence their social and emotional development. Specifically, I am interested in how youth become involved in harmful interpersonal violence, such as bullying, and the impact of interpersonal violence on youths' mental health and well-being. My postdoctoral research uses longitudinal and meta-analytic research methods to examine how early life environmental risk factors and interpersonal relationships (e.g., with caregivers, peers, teachers) throughout development jointly shape adolescent bullying and socio-emotional development. I draw from ecological systems theory, coping theories, and developmental psychopathology theories in my research.
I completed by PhD in Clinical Psychology at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario, under the supervision of Dr. Wendy Craig in the Bully Lab. My research has been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
If you are interested in the psychological services (therapy, assessment, supervision) I offer, please refer to the Clinical Services page on the website.