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Clinical psychology residents, 2024-2025
Aya Cheaito
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Aya Cheaito is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Vermont. She is completing a primary rotation with Operational Stress Injury Clinic, and secondary rotations in the Centralized Neuropsychology Service, and Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program. Her dissertation research explores the structural brain correlates of child emotion dysregulation. Aya is looking forward to learning neurocognitive testing and PTSD long-exposure treatment while at The Royal.
Sandra Krause
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Sandra Krause is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Concordia University. She is completing a primary rotation with the Operational Stress Injury Clinic, and secondary rotations in the Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program and the Secure Treatment Unit.
Her dissertation research looks at the relationship between trauma and obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms. Specifically, she explored the factors that drive a specific subset of contamination symptoms that are triggered by moral violations rather than by contact with physical contaminants like dirt or germs.
Sandra is looking forward to learning specialized psychotherapeutic approaches to working with trauma and expanding her intervention skills to new and complex populations.
Bronwyn O’Brien
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Bronwyn O’Brien is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Ottawa. She is completing a primary rotation with the Transitional Aged Youth Service, and secondary rotations in the Community Mental Health Program and the Operational Stress Injury Clinic.
Her dissertation research examines the impact of temporal distance on young children’s future thinking. In other words, do young children think about the near and distant future differently, and how does this impact their future-oriented reasoning and behaviour?
While at The Royal, Bronwyn is looking forward to deepening her knowledge of evidence-based assessment and intervention with individuals with complex mental health concerns, particularly those from underserved groups. She also aims to grow her competence in working effectively on an interdisciplinary team, working with diverse client groups, and providing supervision.
Danielle Uy
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Danielle Uy is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is completing her primary rotation in the Mood and Anxiety and Ontario Structured Psychotherapy programs. Her secondary rotations are in the Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders Program (TAY Service) and the Community Mental Health Program.
For her dissertation, Danielle is investigating psychosocial predictors of internet gaming disorder using both survey and experimental methods. She is especially interested in understanding the role of behavioural engagement in nongaming activities in predicting symptom severity and craving in a sample of adult video game players who spend significant amounts of time gaming per week.
For her residency, Danielle is looking forward to learning more about tertiary mental health care and the different roles that psychology can fill in hospital settings (e.g., consultants, supervisors, program evaluation researchers). She is also excited to hone her skills in treatment and assessment, particularly within the context of treatment-resistant illnesses, multiple comorbidities, and other complexities in adult populations. With respect to presenting concerns, Danielle is interested in working with clients presenting with mood, anxiety, OCD, trauma, emotion dysregulation, and concurrent disorders.