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Nominate a colleague for an award!
It’s time to nominate a colleague who deserves to be recognized for their accomplishments! Awards will be presented at the 2021 Annual General Meeting on November 27th. Nominate

Submit a case vignette for our June ethics workshops!

Case vignettes submitted by BC psychologists will be used throughout the workshop to illustrate the application of ethical decision making in context. Submitting a case vignette is your chance to make our ethics workshops as relevant to you as possible. Submitting a vignette does not guarantee its… read more

Panic Disorder Forum

Monday April 4, 7-8:30pm at Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms (Lower Level), VPL Central Library, 350 West Georgia Street in Vancouver. Panic disorder is a disabling anxiety disorder that affects approximately 1.3% of the population. In an effort to fill the gap between the need for effective… read more

Need a Psychologist?

We created this short video for Psychology Month. This was displayed in a few movie theatres across Vancouver and Victoria. Let us know what you think of it!

Good Mental Health May Not Be What You Think

Most people seem to have some knowledge of what mental illness is, but there is a great deal of confusion about what constitutes mental health. However, when I Googled “mental health,” I was hit with a barrage of gobbledygook. I won’t repeat any of that here. A fundamental part of good mental… read more

Check out Bell's "Let's Talk" Campaign!

Hi everyone, I want to call your attention to something that I think is really amazing – Bell’s “Let’s Talk” campaign, culminating on February 9th. In Canada and around the world, support for mental health often lags behind other physical health problems due to stigma. Case in point: just half of… read more

Simple Steps to Reduce Stress

Stress is what happens to your body when you face a lot of either pleasant or unpleasant demands all at once or compounding over time. Here are some simple ideas to help. 1.Time out! When you can’t see the forest for the trees, step back from your pressures. Slow down and pace yourself. Get help… read more

February is Psychology Month

Psychology Month is an annual national campaign to raise awareness of the role psychology plays in our lives and in our communities. The British Columbia Psychological Association would like to invite you to participate in our 2016 Psychology Month campaign. We are planning a number of initiatives… read more

Dating and sexual activity in Canadians over 50: a pioneering frontier

Aging Canadians, like their American counterparts, are growing in numbers. Their growth is projected to accelerate rapidly over the coming years, according to Canada’s Bureau of Statistics, especially within Ontario and British Columbia (1). Presently, more than 25% of British Columbia’s… read more

Psychologists take lead on public group therapy

The Richmond Mental Health Outpatient services, my work place for the past twelve years, offer a wide range of groups from one-year psychodynamic to ten-week panic disorder groups. Our group program for elderly depressed and anxious patients was featured in the Vancouver Sun Although group therapy… read more

Why does exposure to potentially traumatic events affect people differently?

It has long been recognized that people exposed to the same potentially traumatic events (PTEs) are affected differently. The majority of persons who experience a single PTE do not develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). They may go on to experience other disorders, such as depression;… read more