David Aboussafy Ph.D.,C-SAE,R.Psych
Psychologist
David is a clinical and rehabilitation psychologist with an assessment and brief therapy practice or adults. He has been in active independent practice as a registered psychologist in BC since 2001. His training before that included two post doctoral fellowships, one at Vancouver General Hospital Department of Psychology/Psychiatric Assessment Unit, and the second at The University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine. He earned his PhD. in Clinical Psychology from the Faculty of Science at McGill University, Montreal with doctoral internship's at the Allan Memorial Institute of Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. David also earned a Certified Substance Abuse Expert designation.
David has served as a Senior Psychological Advisor for WorkSafeBC and consulted for many clinical rehabilitation organizations including LifeMark Health Services, The M. Jackson Group Rehabilitation Psychology, and has been a Clinical Co-Ordinator at UBC. David has also served as the Vice President of the BC Psychological Association, and as Chair of the Section on Health Psychology of the Canadian Psychological Association.
David provides a range of clinical psychological assessments and medical-legal reporting which can include opinions on diagnosis, prognosis, causality, ratings of psychological impairment or disability, and evidence-based psychological treatment and rehabilitation planning. He also supervises treatment and provides brief evidenced-based psychological treatment (such as mindfulness-based cognitive behaviour therapy, reactivation, systematic desensitization, and solution-focused therapy).
David lives in New Westminster, BC with his wife, mezzo-soprano Melanie Adams, their two daughters Emily and Abigail and their bearded dragon Zilla.
