Research Project

Dr. Charles nelson, Principle Investigator

Dr. Charles Nelson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who assesses and treats all sectors affected by workplace adversity/trauma. He has worked extensively with the police, EMS, fire fighters, Veterans, Canadian Forces Members, as well as civilians with posttraumatic stress disorder, associated anxiety and mood disorders, and chronic pain. He holds cross-appointments as an Adjunct Clinical Professor, Clinical Psychology Program, with Western University, as well as a former post with The Lawson Research Institute. He has presented at international conferences on suicide, trauma, vicarious resilience, pain, mild traumatic brain injury, and smoking cessation. He also assesses and treats injured workers and workers returning to work from medical leaves from local and provincial police services and firefighters. Dr. Nelson is the former Clinical Coordinator for the Operational Stress Injury Clinic at The Parkwood Institute in London, Ontario. He has worked closely with the RCMP Peer Support Program and conducted Ad Hoc Incident Reviews following adverse national policing events. To date, he and his colleagues have trained over 1000 RCMP members in Ontario as well as members of the Middlesex-London EPS with the Road To Mental Readiness (R2MR) sponsored by the Mental Health Commission of Canada.  Dr. Nelson additionally provides oversight to the Peer Support Programs of the Middlesex-London EPS, Grey County and Lambton EMS. He has provided wellness training for leaders of Magna International and is a certified trainer of R2MR for paramedics and the police. He served as a Board Member with the Ontario Psychological Association for two terms, and in 2011, he was awarded the Psychological Service Provider of the Year by the London Regional Psychological Association.

Kimberly Dossett, M.Sc., Ph. d. candidate

Clinical Psychology Program, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario

"Kimberly Dossett completed her master’s degree at the University of Western Ontario in 2016 and is currently completing her doctoral degree in clinical psychology. She is a member of the Canadian Psychological Association and the Ontario Psychological Association.

She has provided psychological services in a range of settings, such as general hospitals, community mental health centres, tertiary mental health hospitals, private practices, and the Thames Valley District School Board. My clinical experience has included providing assessment and treatment for children, adolescents, and adults with mood and anxiety disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, gender dysphoria, insomnia disorder, and post-concussion syndrome.

Her research examines children’s mental health services, specifically how concepts related to service use are defined clinically and in research settings. In her current research project, Kimberly is investigating how clinicians and researchers conceptualize service intensity in children’s mental health by using choice-based conjoint analysis."

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