About
Dr. Sharon Jeyakumar is a Registered Psychologist in the Province of British Columbia (#01801). She received her Doctorate and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Windsor, and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings in British Columbia, Ontario, and Michigan over the past ten years, including a group private practice, university psychological services centre, two outpatient mental health centres, three psychiatric hospitals, an inpatient rehabilitation unit, and a tertiary assessment and treatment centre for clients with developmental disabilities.
Dr. Jeyakumar’s clients have come from diverse backgrounds and range in age from late adolescent to geriatric. She has also worked with individuals with ongoing health issues, such as chronic pain, disability, dementia, and brain injury. She has had training and experience with a number of different theoretical orientations, including
- cognitive-behavioural
- humanistic/experiential
- process-focused
- mindfulness
- solution-focused
- family systems
- short-term crisis intervention, and
- psychodynamic approaches.
Dr. Jeyakumar has also co-facilitated a psychoeducational group for individuals in emotional crisis as well as a co-facilitated a support group for partners, families, and friends of transgendered individuals.
In addition to her private practice, Dr. Jeyakumar currently works in a group practice providing psychological services to clients suffering from emotional and cognitive difficulties resulting from motor vehicle accidents and other personal injuries. In this practice, she provides assessments for diagnostic and medical-legal purposes, and has appeared before the law courts to provide expert opinion on MVA-related clinical issues.
Call Dr. Sharon’s confidential line at 604-512-6999.
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