Background

Emily is from Centreville, Nova Scotia. She completed her B.Sc. (Hons) in Psychology at Acadia University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University. She completed the Doctoral Professional Psychology Residency Program at Memorial University’s Student Wellness and Counselling Centre (SWCC), and in the fall of 2016 was hired at the SWCC as an Assistant Professor in Counselling. As a faculty member at the SWCC she was involved in teaching and supervising psychology residents, led psychotherapy training for psychiatry residents at Memorial University, and provided individual and group therapy to registered students at Memorial University. Emily is a registered Psychologist, and her primary theoretical orientation is Cognitive-Behavioural. Having previously been cross-appointed to the Psychology Department, she is looking forward to joining the Psychology Department officially in September 2023.

Research Interests

Emily’s research interests include anxiety and related disorders, women’s health, and clinical epidemiology. She also has extensive experience conducting collaborative meta-analyses. Her most recent research interests relate to stigma, identification, and prevalence of lesser-known subtypes of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Representative Publications

For an up to date list of publications, please view Emily’s ResearchGate profile:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emily-Fawcett-5/research