Dr. Sabrina Chiarella
Vanier Children's Mental Wellness
871 Trafalgar Street
London, ON N5Z 1E6
Telephone: (519) 433-3101, ext. 272
Email: schiarel@vanier.com
Clinical interests: My clinical research interests and experiences have provided me with a strong foundation in conducting comprehensive assessments on children and adolescents, evaluating their cognitive, academic, social/emotional and behavioural functioning in order to provide recommendations to parents, schools, and community providers. I have experience with a number of assessment instruments and I have proficiency in a variety of intervention techniques, including CBT, CPS, DBT, behavioural management training, play therapy, narrative therapy and integrative methods. I have extensive experience in providing interventions within individual, family and group contexts. My work also includes working with preschoolers, children and adolescents and their families presenting with a range of psychopathologies. In addition to my work at Vanier Children’s Mental Wellness, I work in private practice. I am also currently the Track Coordinator for the Child and Adolescent Track of the London Clinical Psychology Residency Consortium.
Topics for workshops, seminars: Guiding students through the assessment of preschoolers, children and adolescents with complex needs; Attachment and trauma
Type of clinical practica: Advanced assessment; Initial assessment
Types of clients: Adolescent; Child
Modality: Family; Group; Individual
Theoretical orientation: Behavioural; Cognitive; Cognitive behavioural; Family Systems
Types of client problems: Neurodevelopmental Disorders (e.g. Communication, Autism Spectrum, ADHD Disorders, etc.); Depressive Disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders; Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders; Dissociative Disorders; Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders; Neurocognitive Disorders
Type of supervision you can provide: Co-thearpy/Co-interview; Observe student live; Review audiotape with student; Student describes case
Recent students: C. Sarmiento (2020)
Current students:
Clinical mentor: Not available
Research interests: Focusing on the development of empathy and emotion and understanding, and selective trust in infancy; development of selective trust, examining the extent to which infants modify their behaviour towards an individual whom had previously expressed unjustified emotions.
Available to supervise: No
Constraints: Unavailable until at least January 2024
Last updated: May 28, 2023
