Julie Eichstedt Ph.D., C.Psych
Adjunct, Clinical Psychologist, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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Education: |
CHEO, Ottawa Concordia University, Ottawa |
| Additional Training: | Certified in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CACBT | |
| Clinical Area of Expertise: | Mood & Anxiety Disorders OCD and Related Disorders |
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| Contact: |
julie.eichstedt@lhsc.on.ca 77107 |
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Profile
Dr. Eichstedt completed her Ph.D. in clinical and developmental psychology from Concordia University in 2002. She completed her residency at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and has been working as a psychologist with the Child and Adolescent Outpatient Mental Health Care Program since 2002. She specializes in working with children and adolescents with mood, anxiety, OCD, and related disorders and is a CACBT-ACTCC Certified Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. She is an Associate Scientist with Lawson Health Research Institute and the Children’s Health Research Institute. She is also an Adjunct Clinical Faculty Member with the Clinical Psychology Graduate Program and a Lecturer for the Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University. Her program of research has focused on improving access to effective treatments for mental health disorders in children and youth, e-mental health applications, and strategies to reduce wait times for children's mental health services. Other areas of research include anxiety and depression in children and youth and their treatment, as well as the factors that increase the effectiveness and accessibility of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
Publications
Dozois, D. J. A., Eichstedt, J. A., Collins, K. A., Phoenix, E., & Harris, K. (2012). Core Beliefs, Self-Perception, and Cognitive Organization in Depressed Adolescents. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 5(1), 99-112.
Eichstedt, J.A., Collins, K. A., Phoenix, E., Haensel, H., & Dozois, D. J. A. (2014). The Management of Childhood Anxiety Disorders in Publicly Funded Children’s Mental Health Centers. Canadian Psychology, 55(2), 90-100.
Eichstedt, J.A., Singh, D., Singh, Chen. S, Collins, K. A. & Cawthorpe, D. (2021). Who Should Be Seen When? Establishing Wait Time Benchmarks for Children’s Mental Health. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 40(1): 105-122. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2021-008.
Eichstedt, J. A., Turcotte, K., Golden, G., Arbuthnott, A. E., Chen, S., Collins, K. A., Mowat, S., & Reid, G. J. (2024). Waitlist Management in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care: A Scoping Review. Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 160, 107529.
Forchuk, C., Reis, J., Eichstedt, J., Singh, D., Collins, K., Rudnick, A., Walsh, J., Ethridge, P., Kutcher, S., & Fisman, S. (2016). The Youth-Mental Health Engagement Network: An exploratory pilot study of a smartphone and computer-based personal health record for youth experiencing depressive symptoms. International Journal of Mental Health, 45(3) 205-222.
