Ashley Reynolds, Ph.D. Candidate

Doctoral Student in Psychology

Ashley Reynolds is a Ph.D. candidate in Clinical Psychology at Concordia University and a registered student member of L’Ordre des Psychologues du Quebec (OPQ). Her doctoral dissertation is centered around resilience against substance use and suicide among Indigenous people in Northern Québec. Her research informs her clinical practice by helping clients utilize their strengths in order to overcome their hardships.

Ashley is passionate about her work and puts the relationship with her clients at the forefront. In therapy, under the supervision of a licensed psychologist, Ashley promotes an empathic and nonjudgmental environment as a stepping stone to helping clients integrate self-compassion in the face of suffering and move towards an improved quality of life. During her doctoral training, she acquired extensive training and clinical experience working with adolescents, adults, parents, and couples presenting with various difficulties including but not limited to addictions, chronic pain, trauma, emotion dysregulation, self-harm, depression, anxiety, family conflict, relationship difficulties, and sexual difficulties. Over the span of her clinical training at the Child and Adolescent Depressive Disorders Program (Douglas Mental Health University Institute), Batshaw Youth Protection, Griffith Edwards Center (Addictions Unit; MUHC), the Sex and Couples Therapy Service (Allan Memorial Institute), and the Alan Edwards Pain Management unit (Montreal General Hospital), Ashley understands that there is no one-size fits all approach to the human experience and complex problems. Accordingly, she has adopted an integrative approach, where the therapy is tailored to each individual and their current needs. Her primary approach draws from Third-Wave Cognitive Behavioural Therapies including Mindfulness, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Compassion Focused Therapy.