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The Centre for Emotions and Health focuses on the role of emotions and psychiatric disorders in health and illness behaviors as follows:

Who We Are  

 

Allan Abbas

Richard Zehr

Ravinder Bains

Allan Abbass, MD FRCPC
Psychiatrist/Psychotherapist & Director

Richard Zehr, MA
Psychologist

Ravinder Bains, MD FRCPC 
Psychiatrist

Joe Sadek

Scott Milligan

Joel Town

Joe Sadek,  MD FRCPC 
Research Associate

Scott Milligan, MD FRCPC 
Psychiatrist
Dr. Joel Town, R.Psych 
Clinical Psychologist
   

Denise Bernier

Gretta Taylor

Denise Bernier, PhD 
Psychologist

Gretta Taylor, MD CCFP 
Family Physician and Psychotherapist

Referrals  

The Centre sees patients in consultation who have stress linked physical problems or unexplained medical problems. As a referring professional, you can observe the interview videotape if the patient is willing to be recorded.  Please contact us by fax at 473-4545 to arrange a consultation.

Contact Us

Dr Allan Abbass is the Program Coordinator of the Centre for Emotions and Health as well as the Director of Education for the Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. He has been training in, practicing, teaching and researching brief psychotherapies since 1990. He has presented workshops and courses to regional, national and international audiences.

For educational matters please contact:
Carrie Wipp, Education Coordinator
carrie.wipp@cdha.nshealth.ca

Phone: 902-473-5664
Fax: 902-473-4545

For all clinical and patient matters please contact:
Sabrina Scott, Secretary
sabrina.scott@cdha.nshealth.ca
Phone: 902-473-7172
Fax: 902-473-1422

 

Related Links:

The Southern California Society for ISTDP

German Centre for STDP (www.istdp.de)

Dutch Association for STDP (www.vkdp.com)

E-mail for the Ontario Center for STDP (akalpin@aol.com)

Swiss Association for Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (www.istdp.ch)

Last updated:  August 5, 2011