CURRICULUM VITAE Théo A. De Gagné, Ph.D., R.Psych. College of Psychologists of British Columbia # 1379 Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology (CRHSPP #5956) Address Royal Columbian Hospital Dept. of Psychology 4 th Floor, 260 Sherbrooke Street New Westminster, B.C. V3L 3M2 TEL: (778) 237-4435 FAX: (604) 520-4871 e-mail theo@drtheo.ca Education Degree University Discipline Ph.D. 1997 U of Ottawa Clinical Psychology CPA/APA Accreditation B.A. (First Class Honours) U of Calgary Psychology Grants and Scholarships National Cancer Institute of Canada Research Grant: 1996-97 Multi-site Quality of Life Impact Study of Lung Cancer Patients Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) 1992-96 Doctoral Fellowship School of Graduate Studies University of Ottawa: 1995 Top Graduate Student in Psychology Award Ontario Graduate Scholarship 1994-95 Royal Ottawa Hospital Labbat's Light Fund Research Grant 1994-95 University of Ottawa Merit Scholarship 1992-95 Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship 1991 University of Ottawa Admission Scholarship 1991 Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship 1990 Ontario Graduate Scholarship 1990 Alumni Association: University of Calgary Bursary Award 1989 Professional Affiliations Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary Canadian Psychology Association (CPA) College of Psychologists of British Columbia (CPBC) Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology (CRHSPP) Internship and Postdoctoral Programs in Professional Psychology (APPIC)
Clinical Experience 2008-Present Department of Psychology, Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C. Director of Group Therapy Services. Responsible for program management and providing psychological services that include the development and provision of group and individual therapy services; consultation with multidisciplinary teams that includes psychiatrists, nurse specialists, occupational therapy. Clinical evaluation, treatment and psychometric assessment of heterogeneous population of outpatients with complex presentations that include schizophrenia, psychosis, bipolar disorder; mood disorders; Axis I and II presentations; dual diagnosis. Multiaxial diagnostics using DSM-IV-TR. Cognitive and Personality Assessment. Training and evaluating psychology interns, psychiatric residents, and practicum students. Modalities include cognitive behaviour therapy, supportive psychotherapy, client centered, interpersonal, group therapy, couples therapy, emotion focused therapy/ systemic and psychoeducational. Applied and outcome research setting; quality improvement, program evaluation. 2005-2008 Department of Psychology. Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB. Director and Chair, Calgary Health Region Consortium in Clinical Psychology. Director, Practicum Training, Calgary Health Region. Clinical Psychologist consultant to Bipolar Clinic and Psychiatric Inpatient Units Foothills Medical Centre. Responsible for providing psychological services that include the development and provision of group and individual therapy services; consultation with multidisciplinary teams that includes psychiatrists, nurse specialists, occupational therapy. Clinical evaluation, treatment and psychometric assessment of heterogeneous population of inpatients and outpatients with complex presentations that include schizophrenia, psychosis, bipolar disorder; mood disorders; Axis I and II presentations; dual diagnosis. Multiaxial diagnostics using DSM-IV-TR. Cognitive and Personality Assessment. Training and evaluating psychology interns and practicum students. Modalities include supportive psychotherapy, client centered, cognitive behaviour therapy, interpersonal, group therapy, couples therapy, emotion focused therapy/ systemic. Applied and outcome research setting; quality improvement, program evaluation. 2005 University of Calgary. Instructor Health Psychology. 1995- Department of Psychology, Medical Rehabilitation, Chronic Pain. 2005 Columbia Rehabilitation Centre, Calgary, Alberta, and Vancouver B.C. Director, Stress Management Program; Program Evaluation Coordinator Clinical Psychologist: Clinical evaluation, Cognitive and personality assessment, psychometric assessment of heterogeneous population of chronic pain patients in Medical Rehabilitation, Occupational Rehabilitation/Pain Management Programs, supportive psychotherapy,
psychologically based pain management, complex pain team, psychoeducational pain management groups, individual and group therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, training clinical psychology students. Responsible for psychometric testing battery updates, library holdings. Medical legal assessments, vocational assessments. Multidisciplinary team approach including Psychologists, Physicians, Orthopaedic specialists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, kinesiologists. Applied and outcome research setting. 2003- University of British Columbia Hospital: Mood Disorder Clinic; Changeways Program. 2004 Cognitive Behavioural Group Therapy for persons with depression. Supervision of predoctoral interns and psychology practicum students. 1999- University of British Columbia. Sessional Instructor of undergraduate 2005 Psychology courses including Health Psychology, Theories of Personality, and Introductory Psychology. 1995- Private Practice. Current Adult clinical assessment, diagnostics, and treatment. Occupational Rehabilitation/Pain Management, supportive psychotherapy, psychologically based pain management, psychoeducational pain management groups, individual, group and couples therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, emotion focused therapy for couples. WCB referrals; Third party insurance psycho-legal assessments. Psychological assessment and treatment. 1994-95 Foothills Medical Centre Consortium in Clinical Psychology, Calgary (CPA Accredited Internship) Duties : 4 Rotations included Psychiatric Assessment Service, Psychosocial Oncology at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Family Therapy Unit, The Progressive Treatment Unit (Psychiatric Day Hospital). Duties included diagnostic assessment, psychotherapy, treatment/ discharge planning, objective testing, consultation liaison, and training practicum students. Client Population: Adult anxiety disordered and mood disordered patients, patients with cancer and their families, families in distress, psychiatric outpatients. 1994 Pain Management and Assessment The Rehabilitation Centre, Royal Ottawa Hospital Group, Ottawa. Duties: Structured clinical interviewing, treatment planning, and psychologically based pain management of patients with chronic pain. 1993 Neuropsychological Assessment and Vocational Assessment to The Rehabilitation Centre, Royal Ottawa Hospital Group, Ottawa. 1994 Duties: Administration, scoring and interpretation of neuropsychological and vocational assessment materials.
Client population comprised patients with varying physical and or cognitive deficits (e.g., aphasia; apraxia; chronic pain, visually impaired; learning disabled; paralysis). 1993 Centre for Psychological Services (CPS) & Child Study Centre to (CSC) University of Ottawa, Ottawa. 1994 Duties: CPS: (1) Clinical Interviewing (2) Supervised outpatient-based assessment and therapy with adult population presenting with depression (3) Vocational Assessment & Counselling (4) Systematic training in psychotherapeutic interventions. CSC: (1) Systemic Therapy Reflecting Team (2) Parent Training for parents of children presenting with ADHD 1993 Interpersonal Group Psychotherapy The Rehabilitation Centre, Royal Ottawa Hospital Group, Ottawa. Duties: Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy. Client population: patients with MS and chronic pain. 1992 Chronic Pain Management Group The Rehabilitation Centre, Royal Ottawa Hospital Group, Ottawa. Duties: Co-therapist for 9-session cognitive-behavioral pain management program, treatment planning, and interpretation of clinical instruments measuring sleep disturbances and chronic pain. Publications Taenzer, P., Bultz, B., Carlson, L., Speca, M., De Gagné, T. (2000). Impact of computerized quality of life screening on physician behavior and patient satisfaction in lung cancer outpatients. Cancer Research. Mikail, S., D'Eon, & De Gagné, T.. (1996). Validation of the Pain Beliefs and Perceptions Inventory. Pain Research & Management, 1, 31-38. De Gagné, T., Mikail, S., & D'Eon, J. (1995). Confirmatory factor analysis of a 4- factor model of chronic pain evaluation, Pain, 2, 195-202. Presentations De Gagne, T. (2006). Personality Profiles of Trauma Survivors. February 10, 2006. Presented at Foothills Medical Centre, Dept. of Psychology, Calgary, Alberta. De Gagne, T. (2005). Multiple Diagnostics: Teasing out Confounding Variables in Psychosis and Epilepsy Presentations. October 14, 2005. Presented at Foothills Medical Centre, Dept. of Psychology, Calgary, Alberta. De Gagné, T. (2001). Bullying in the Workplace. Presented at Networc Health Care. Vancouver, B.C. June 28, 2001.
De Gagné. T., & McDonald, H. (2001). Options For Dealing With Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury. G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Conference. Vancouver, B.C. October19, 2001. De Gagné, T. (2001). Chronic Pain Management: Cognitive Interventions. Presented at British Columbia Paraplegic Association Conference. Vancouver, B.C. March 19-22, 2001. De Gagné, T. (2001). Stress management: Best Practices. Presented at Networc Health Care/ Liberty Mutual Disability Conference. Kelowna, B.C. April 4, 2001. De Gagné, T. (2001). Stress Management: Best Practices. Presented at Networc Health Care/ Liberty Mutual Disability Conference. Vancouver, B.C. April 5, 2001. De Gagné, T. (2000). Stress Management: Best Practices. Presented at Networc Health Care/ Liberty Mutual Disability Conference. Calgary, Alberta. April, 2000. De Gagné, T., & Korol, C. (1996). Factorial Validity and Invariance of the Beck Depression Inventory Across Gender: A Second Order CFA model. Presented at the 8th World Congress on Pain. Vancouver, Canada, August, 1996. Currie, S., & De Gagné, T. (1995). Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a new instrument to assess spinal cord injury prevention. Presented at the 103rd annual convention of the American Psychological Association. New York, New York, August, 1995. De Gagné, T., & Korol, C. (1995). Confirmatory Hierarchical Factor Analysis of The BDI on Chronic Pain Patients. Presented at the Canadian Pain Society, Annual Meeting. Ottawa, Ontario, May, 1995. De Gagné, T. (1995). Depressive Affect: Testing for Causal Structure in Chronic Pain Patients. Presented at the Canadian Pain Society, Annual Meeting. Ottawa, Ontario, May, 1995. D'Eon, J.L., Liddy, S., Patrick, L., & De Gagné, T. (1993). Sleep Disturbances, Pain and Depressive Symptomatology in Acute and Chronic Pain Patients. Presented at the 7th World Congress on Pain. Paris, France, August, 1993. De Gagné, T., Mikail, S.F., D'Eon, J. L. (1993). Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Four-Factor Model of Chronic Pain Evaluation. Presented at the 7th World Congress on Pain. Paris, France, August, 1993. De Gagné, T., Bertrand, L. (1991) The Output Inhibition Model of Posthypnotic Amnesia: A Replication and Extension. Presented at the 52nd annual
convention of the Canadian Psychological Association. Calgary, Alberta, June, 1991. De Gagné, T., Stam, H., Bertrand, L. (1991) The Social Construction of "Past Life" Experiences in Hypnosis. Presented at the 99th annual convention of the American Psychological Association. San Francisco, California, August, 1991. Radtke, H.L., Stam. H., De Gagné,T. (1991) Expectancies, Self-Induction, and Correlates of Hypnotic Susceptibility. Presented at the 99th annual convention of the American Psychological Association. San Francisco, California, August, 1991.