Kristen completed her undergraduate psychology degree at Simon Fraser University. She then relocated to Ontario, where she received her Master's Degree from Western University in Counselling Psychology, and her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in a joint Clinical and Counselling Psychology Program.

 

Kristen has worked in a variety of settings, including the UBC Counselling Centre, a trauma unit at The Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and as a Career Counsellor at U of T Scarborough. She has also supervised Master's level psychology students during their practicum experiences and she was the primary psychologist in a specialized clinic at VGH, providing psychological support and cognitive assessment to patients with chronic rare metabolic diseases.

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