David J. A. Dozois

David J. A. Dozois, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Director of the Clinical Psychology Graduate Program at the University of Western Ontario. His research focuses on cognitive vulnerability to depression and the development and application of cognitive behavioural theories and therapies.

Dr. Dozois has published more than 200 scientific articles, book chapters, and books and has delivered over 360 presentations at national and international conferences. He is the editor of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: General Strategies and Abnormal Psychology: Perspectives. He has also co-edited several major volumes, including Treatment of Psychosocial Risk Factors in Depression, Handbook on the State of the Art in Applied Psychology, Handbook of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies, Risk Factors in Depression, and The Prevention of Anxiety and Depression: Theory, Research and Practice.

He is a Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, the International Association of Applied Psychology, the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies, the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the CPA Section on Clinical Psychology. He is also a former Beck Institute Scholar.

Dr. Dozois has held several senior leadership roles within the profession. He served as President of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies from 2020 to 2021 and twice as President of the Canadian Psychological Association, from 2011 to 2012 and from 2016 to 2017. In 2020, he received the CPA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession. He also serves on the boards of Mental Health Research Canada and the International Association of Applied Psychology and maintains a small private practice.

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Website: dozoislab.com