Psychologist Practicing in Clinical Psychology

About me

Dr. Patricia A. Padden, C.Psych

Dr. Padden earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Psychology from the University of Texas, Texas. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Texas A & M University, Texas. She is registered as a Psychologist in Ontario, practicing in Clinical Psychology; she is also registered with the Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. She has earned her Proficiency Certificate in the treatment of Eating Disorders from the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, Florida.

She has done extensive advance training in the areas of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorders, as well as, all of the Anxiety States at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, and New England Educational Institute, Massachusetts. She has extensive staff experience in Psychiatric Inpatient and Outpatient Hospitals in the United States, 5 years with the U.S. Air Force in West Germany and Turkey, and with York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Her voluntary roles have included being President of the European Division of the American Psychological Association. She served to represent Canada as a member on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, an Officer on the Board of Directors for the Ontario Society of Clinical Hypnosis. A founder of the Ontario Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Network, and served for 10 years as a member of their Board of Directors. She is presently, for the second time, a member of the Executive and Board of Directors for the Ontario Psychological Association and a past President of the Section on Independent Practice for Psychologists. She has also been an Examiner of New Psychological Registrants for the Ontario Board of Examiners in Psychology (now the College of Psychologists of Ontario), which licenses Psychologists. She is regularly called upon to present at Psychological Programs in her area of expertise nationally and internationally.

Dr. Padden serves as a member of...

The Ontario Psychological Association
Canadian Psychiatric Association
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
The American Psychological Association
Disaster Services - Canadian Red Cross

Dr. Padden is Service Provider for...

Health Canada - First Nation & Inuit Health Branch
Toronto Police Family Assistance Program
The Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) of York Region
Various Corporate Assistance Programs

 

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