Dr. Adam Newton
Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre
800 Commissioners Road East
London, ON N6A 5W9
Telephone: (519) 685-8500
Email: anewton9@uwo.ca
Clinical interests: I provide intervention, assessment, and consultation services within the Paediatric Pain Program at Children’s Hospital, LHSC. In this role, I primarily work with children and adolescents with chronic or persistent pain using a biopsychosocial model. This program services children and adolescents from 0-18 years old, and primarily sees 9–18-year-olds. My theoretical orientations are primarily cognitive-behavioral, systems (i.e., biopsychosocial), and developmental psychopathology.
My intervention services are primarily CBT for Chronic Pain and CBT-Insomnia for co-occurring chronic pain and insomnia. Depending on clinical need, I also offer DBT skills, Collaborative and Proactive Solutions, Motivational Interviewing, and trauma-focused interventions (e.g., TF-CBT). My intervention modalities include individual, group, and joint psychology-physiotherapy interventions.
My assessment services are primarily interdisciplinary team assessments involving psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, physiotherapy, and anesthesiology. These include the assessment of pain and pain history, treatment goals, mental status, and psychological functioning. Psychological assessments of cognitive and learning strengths and needs are occasionally provided but are not a focus of my work.
I also engage in research and program development/evaluation.
Topics for workshops, seminars: Program Evaluation in Clinical Psychology; Pediatric Health Psychology; Psychosocial Treatment of Encopresis & Enuresis; Pediatric Sleep Problems & Solutions; Biopsychosocial Management of Pediatric Chronic Pain; Workshop: Kids Do Well If They Can: Introduction to Collaborative & Proactive Solutions
Type of clinical practica: Advanced Intervention; Applied Research
Types of clients: Adolescent; Child
Modality: Individual; Group
Theoretical orientation: ACT/Mindfulness; Behavioural; Cognitive; Cognitive Behaviour; DBT Skills
Types of client problems: Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Depressive Disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Trauma-and Stressor-Related Disorders; Somatic Symptoms and Related Disorders; Feeding and Eating Disorders; Sleep-Wake Disorders
Type of supervision you can provide: Co-therapy/Co-interview; Observe Student Live; Student describes case
Recent students:
Current students:
Clinical mentor: Not available
Research interests: My current research interests are two-fold. Firstly, I am interested in understanding sleep development and issues among preschoolers, children, and adolescents. Current projects in this area include understanding nap development. Secondly, I am interested in novel interventions for chronic pain in children and adolescents. Current projects in this area include the development and feasibility of a DBT skills group for adolescents with chronic pain and their caregivers.
Available to supervise: No
Constraints: Will be able to supervise one student beginning in Fall 2024 for a 6-8 month practicum (a longer practicum is also possible, but 6 months would be considered the minimum for a solid training experience). Prior experience in a child/adolescent intervention practicum is required and prior experience with CBT (child, adolescent, or adult) is preferred. Coursework related to child psychopathology and interventions with children are also preferred.
Students who are able to commit 1.5 to 2 days per week are preferred, to maximize the training experience. This would allow students to regularly attend a Paediatric Pain Program clinic day to gain experience with the interdisciplinary team and in our interdisciplinary pain assessment and to develop a caseload that is geared toward the student’s training goals.
Last updated: March 7, 2024
