Stephanie Cassin
Director, Healthy Eating and Lifestyle (HEAL) Lab
Professor
Faculty of Arts
Department of Psychology
Toronto, Ontario
stephanie.cassin@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 3007
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Bio/Research
Dr. Cassin is Director of Clinical Training in the Psychology Department and Director of the Healthy Eating and Lifestyle (HEAL) Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University. In addition, she holds a faculty appointment at the University of Toronto (Department of Psychiatry) and is a member of the Univ...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Cassin is Director of Clinical Training in the Psychology Department and Director of the Healthy Eating and Lifestyle (HEAL) Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University. In addition, she holds a faculty appointment at the University of Toronto (Department of Psychiatry) and is a member of the University Health Network Centre for Mental Health. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Calgary and completed an accredited internship at the University of British Columbia / Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. Following graduation, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Mood and Anxiety Treatment and Research Program). Prior to joining the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University, she held staff clinical psychologist positions in the Mood and Anxiety Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and the Bariatric Surgery Program at University Health Network.
Dr. Cassin is a Registered Clinical and Health Psychologist with clinical and research interests in the areas of disordered eating, obesity, and bariatric (weight loss) surgery. Her current program of research focuses primarily on psychosocial predictors of bariatric surgery outcome, and psychosocial interventions with the potential to improve outcomes, including cognitive behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing. She also investigates health care innovations that increase treatment accessibility.
Dr. Cassin is a Fellow of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies, and co-Lead of Project ECHO Ontario CBT (a virtual professional development program that aims to build capacity in CBT and develop sustainable communities of practice). She has taught a variety of courses related to clinical and health psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University (Psychological Disorders, Clinical Psychology, Advanced Clinical Psychology Seminar, Eating Disorders, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). She has also provided clinical supervision to many clinical psychology practicum students at the Psychology Training Clinic, which is a partnership between Toronto Metropolitan University and Unity Health Toronto.
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Dr. Cassin is a Registered Clinical and Health Psychologist with clinical and research interests in the areas of disordered eating, obesity, and bariatric (weight loss) surgery. Her current program of research focuses primarily on psychosocial predictors of bariatric surgery outcome, and psychosocial interventions with the potential to improve outcomes, including cognitive behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing. She also investigates health care innovations that increase treatment accessibility.
Dr. Cassin is a Fellow of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies, and co-Lead of Project ECHO Ontario CBT (a virtual professional development program that aims to build capacity in CBT and develop sustainable communities of practice). She has taught a variety of courses related to clinical and health psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University (Psychological Disorders, Clinical Psychology, Advanced Clinical Psychology Seminar, Eating Disorders, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). She has also provided clinical supervision to many clinical psychology practicum students at the Psychology Training Clinic, which is a partnership between Toronto Metropolitan University and Unity Health Toronto.
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