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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto & Oakville

•Assist client in making informed career decision by help them identify their values, interests, personality and skills to expand their career possibilities and then strategically narrow their options to the best choice(s).•Administer and debrief vocational assessments with clients including the Strong Interest Inventory and Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

•Assist client in making informed career decision by help them identify their values, interests, personality and skills to expand their career possibilities and then strategically narrow their options to the best choice(s).•Administer and debrief vocational assessments with clients including the Strong Interest Inventory and Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator

Toronto, Canada Area

•Conduct intake interviews and weekly individual sessions with adults with a variety of mental health and personal difficulties.•Develop and write treatment plans, process notes and case conceptualizations.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Administered, interpreted and communicated assessment information related to the following:• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV)• Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-IV)• Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-III)• Nelson-Denny Reading Test• CAARS-Self Report (CAARS-S:L)• Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning (BRIEF2)• Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)• Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III)• Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional… Show more Administered, interpreted and communicated assessment information related to the following:• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV)• Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-IV)• Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-III)• Nelson-Denny Reading Test• CAARS-Self Report (CAARS-S:L)• Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning (BRIEF2)• Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)• Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III)• Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT)• Alexithymia Questionnaire - G2• Clinical Interviews Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

• Developed a series of ongoing peer mentoring workshops for Grade 10 Career/Civics students that address a variety of the issues students face regarding post-secondary education and career decision making.•Assisted in training Grade 11/12 peer leaders to create peer-to-peer supports for Grade 10 Career/Civic students to keep career development front of mind throughout secondary and post-secondary school, connecting life decisions with positive mental health growth.•Researched career… Show more • Developed a series of ongoing peer mentoring workshops for Grade 10 Career/Civics students that address a variety of the issues students face regarding post-secondary education and career decision making.•Assisted in training Grade 11/12 peer leaders to create peer-to-peer supports for Grade 10 Career/Civic students to keep career development front of mind throughout secondary and post-secondary school, connecting life decisions with positive mental health growth.•Researched career development theories as well as the social, mental health, substance abuse and physical difficulties students experience during the high school to post secondary transition to support the Psychology Foundation of Canada Grant & Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program Grant. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

•Conducted and drafted literature reviews related to work-life balance and burnout. •Contacted research participants, analyzed qualitative research data and prepared research reports under the guidance and supervision of Dr. Charles Chen.

Waterloo, Ontario

•Assisted preparing, ethics applications, grant reports, memorandums of understandings, survey invitation letters and manuals for Research Assistants and Research Associates. •Conducted literature reviews, including a literature review, which identified all studies that measured perception, memory, attitudes, beliefs and intention in the Journal of Marketing Research over the past four years to support the Director’s Australia Plain Packaging Defense. •Transcribed hours of conference… Show more •Assisted preparing, ethics applications, grant reports, memorandums of understandings, survey invitation letters and manuals for Research Assistants and Research Associates. •Conducted literature reviews, including a literature review, which identified all studies that measured perception, memory, attitudes, beliefs and intention in the Journal of Marketing Research over the past four years to support the Director’s Australia Plain Packaging Defense. •Transcribed hours of conference presentations and interviews for the director’s Independent Expert Group Report for the World Health Organization.•Assisted with survey development, project management and other administrative tasks. •Created, formatted and proofread various documents.•Created training manuals for Research Assistants and Research Associates •Provided secretarial support and completed administrative tasks as assigned such as filing, scanning, binding and photocopying. Show less

Waterloo, On

•Conducted relationship research, which included deception with romantic couples. •Managed the SONA system to recruit and schedule participants.•Granted participants credit or pay in appreciation of their participation. •Stored confidential information including participants’ consent forms, debrief forms and video taped interactions.

Waterloo, On

•Learnt an alternative approach to divorce for couples with low to moderate conflict •Gained knowledge about conflict mediation through observational learning. •Developed parenting plans, which outline how separating parents agree to care and support their child.

Waterloo, On

•Lead volunteer research assistants in lab procedures •Conducted post intervention experimental sessions for weight loss intervention study

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Clinical And Counselling Psychology (Acceptance Rate 6%), A

Thesis: Delayed Gratification: A Double-edged Sword? A Study on the Relationship between Delayed Gratification, Work-life Conflict.

Bachelor Of Honours Arts, Co-Op Program, Psychology (Major), Sexuality, Marriage And Families Studies (Minor)

Honours Thesis: Life Stress and Sexual Outcomes