Alanna uses an integrative therapy approach, including person-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and emotion-focused therapy. She will work with you to identify an evidence-based approach that is right for your unique personality and experiences.

Alanna graduated from the University of Ottawa’s CPA-accredited Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology. She completed her residency at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH), seeing individuals at the Cancer Centre and at bedside throughout the hospital. She also trained at TOH Rehabilitation Centre, the Bariatric Centre for Excellence, the West Carleton Family Health Team, and numerous large private practices in Ottawa. Alanna is a clinician-researcher who has conducted health psychology research since 2016 and holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Toronto. She is also a postdoctoral fellow with TOH. She has published numerous academic papers and presented internationally on patient experiences of fear of cancer progression, death anxiety, and illness anxiety.

Alanna is seeking registration for supervised practice in Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation Psychology (with adults and seniors) and Health Psychology (with adults) with the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario (CPBAO).

Areas of Practice Adjustment to acute and chronic illness or injury Adjustment to disability Low mood or depression Grief Anxiety, including health-related anxiety Trauma, including health-related trauma Pain management Stress management Life transitions Cancer/ cancer survivorship

Languages Spoken English Population Adults Seniors Individuals and Groups

" We gain strength, and courage,
and confidence by each experience in which
we really stop to look fear in the face... We must do that which we think we cannot. "

--Eleanor Roosevelt