Dr. Jennifer Trew is a Registered Psychologist specializing in the treatment of stress, anxiety, and mood difficulties in adults. She has training and expertise in the assessment and treatment of depression, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia, health anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, specific phobias, and body-focused repetitive behaviours. Jennifer also provides treatment for stress-related concerns, low self-esteem, and difficulties coping with life events.

Jennifer primarily uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), an evidence-based approach to treating anxiety and depression that focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour that contribute to anxiety and low mood. She also incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which focuses on developing different ways of relating to difficult thoughts and feelings while helping clients pursue meaningful goals and live in accordance with their values.

Her approach is active, collaborative, goal-oriented, and client-centred. Jennifer works with clients to develop personalized treatment plans designed around their individual goals and needs. She is committed to maintaining best-practice standards and flexibly combines evidence-based treatment strategies to help clients make meaningful changes and develop skills they can continue to use throughout their lives.

Jennifer is also an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University. She has published numerous peer-reviewed scholarly articles in the area of social anxiety and has presented her work at major national and international academic conferences. She has taught Clinical Psychology at SFU and contributes to training seminars at the SFU Clinical Psychology Centre.

Jennifer received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of British Columbia. She completed a year-long pre-doctoral residency at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario, where she received specialized training in the assessment and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, along with a minor rotation in psychodiagnostic, personality, and cognitive assessment.

Before her residency, Jennifer completed placements throughout the Lower Mainland, including Richmond Mental Health Outpatient Services, the psychiatric inpatient unit at Royal Columbian Hospital, the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at UBC Hospital, and the UBC Psychology Clinic. She has extensive experience with both individual and group CBT for mood and anxiety disorders and has completed specialized workshops in ACT and CBT approaches for depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, health anxiety, body dysmorphic disorder, body-focused repetitive behaviours, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Practice Areas

• Stress and anxiety

• Depression and mood difficulties

• Social and generalized anxiety

• Panic disorder and agoraphobia

• Health anxiety

• Obsessive compulsive disorder

• Specific phobias

• Body-focused repetitive behaviours

• Low self-esteem

• Coping with life events

Qualifications

• Registered Psychologist, CPBC #2224

• PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of British Columbia