David is a senior doctoral student in the University of New Brunswick’s Clinical Psychology PhD program, living and practicing in Charlottetown. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology from UPEI and an additional 8 years of experience at the graduate level in applied health services research and clinical psychology practice. David has spent a combined 13 years working with individuals experiencing difficulties across various front-line mental health settings, in residential group homes, and through his research and applied clinical practice. His research focuses on access to and availability of mental health services among children and youth in Atlantic Canada, which has resulted in a collection of peer-reviewed publications and a wealth of knowledge that he utilizes in his regular client interactions. David recently completed his 12-month CPA-accredited Pre-doctoral Residency in Pediatric and Child Clinical Psychology at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, NS. Presently, he is in the end stages of his dissertation research—the final step prior to gaining status as a candidate register with the PEI Psychologist Registration Board. 

David has experience in a broad range of evidence-based and empirically-informed individual and group-based therapies including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Family-Based Therapy (FBT), the Transdiagnostic Unified Protocol (UP), and other diverse modalities. He commonly works with children and youth experiencing mood and emotional disorders, obsessive-compulsive and other tic-related disorders, eating disorders, disruptive behaviours, and other related difficulties. He is also experienced in providing a range of psychoeducational and psychodiagnostic assessments including assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) among pre-school and school-age children using current gold standard measurements and empirically supported tools. David has a passion for providing appropriate and timely evidence-based assessment and intervention services for children, youth, and families, with a focus on multidisciplinary supports and an increased emphasis on supported transitions between providers. He believes that children and youths' mental health journeys are impacted most heavily by supportive factors or lack thereof, and he strives to apply this belief into his practice across services.