Dr. Tiffany Leung

Psychologist, Supervised Practice (Adults) - Burlington & Online

Primary Areas:

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder/Trauma,
Borderline Personality Disorder;
Antisocial Personality Disorder;
Anxiety;
Depression;
Anger;
Women’s Health;
Sexual Health;
Burnout.

Populations:

Adults

Locations:

Licensing Body:

College of Psychologists of Ontario – Psychologist (Supervised Practice)

About:

Dr. Leung is a Psychologist, Supervised Practice, who provides psychotherapy and assessment to adults at our Burlington office and online.

She has extensive experience working with adults who struggle with behavioural and emotional difficulties (e.g., anger, depression, anxiety) and with unique personality and cognitive profiles (e.g., neurodivergent identities). She has clinical expertise in addressing issues of women’s health, sexual health, and wider issues concerning inequities within the healthcare and the justice system. Dr. Leung has a particular passion for helping individuals who have experienced interpersonal and occupational trauma.

Dr. Leung’s psychotherapy approach incorporates cognitive-behavioural (DBT skills training, CBT, ACT) and attachment-based (IPT, emotion-focused) modalities. She offers a trauma-informed holistic approach to therapy, aiming to help clients foster a meaningful life. She is committed to providing services from an anti-oppressive lens; understanding that context, history, and collective experience bears relevance for one’s mental health and how we navigate the world.

Dr. Leung completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University. As part of her doctoral training, Tiffany completed a year of residency training at Saskatoon and Area Psychology Residency Program with rotations held at Correctional Services Canada (Regional Psychiatric Centre) and Ministry of Justice (Serious Violent Offender Response Team). She has provided clinical services across a range of settings, both within the community and within inpatient and long-term care facilities. She previously completed clinical training positions at the Dilico Anishinabek Family Centre, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Children’s Centre Thunder Bay, and St. Joseph’s Care Group.

During her year of supervised practice, her services are provided under the supervision of Dr. Carol-Anne Hendry, Psychologist, and Dr. Samantha Daniel, Psychologist.

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Leung, T., Schmidt, F., & Mushquash, C. (2022). A personal history of trauma and experience of secondary traumatic stress, vicarious trauma, and burnout in mental health workers: A systematic review. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001277

Leung, T., Rawana, E., & Klein, R (2021). Exploratory analysis of strength domains and association with subjective and psychological well-being among Canadian adolescents. Current Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01407-1

Leung, T., Rawana, E., & Klein, R. (2020). The association between perceived care from family, school staff, and other social agents and an adolescent’s presentation of empathy, trait resilience, and psychological strengths. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 66(2), 148-169.

Miller, A., Pennock, B., Hanley, J., Malette, J., Leung, T., Grebowicz, A., Moir, A., Nenadov, O., Gunka, B., & Prystanski, S. (2019). Do Presentation- or Discussion- Based Workshop Styles Elicit the Best User Feedback from Vulnerable Populations in Northwestern Ontario?. Free Clinic Research Collective, 5.

Leung, T., Bergen, A., Munafò, M. R., De Ruyck, K., Selby, P., & De Luca, V. (2015). Effect of the rs1051730-rs16969968 variant and smoking cessation treatment: A meta-analysis. Pharmacogenomics, 16(7), 713-720. doi:10.2217/pgs.15.34

Howe AS, Leung T, Bani-Fatemi A, Souza R, Tampakeras M, Zai C, Kennedy JL, Strauss J, De Luca V. (2014). Lack of association between dopamine-β hydroxylase gene and a history of suicide attempt in schizophrenia: Comparison of molecular and statistical haplotype analyses. Psychiatric Genetics, 24(3): 110-5. doi: 10.1097/YPG.000000000000003

Conference Presentations:

*Presenter(s)

Leung, T. & Rawana, E. (2023, June 23-25). Improving mental health following sexual violence: Clarifying the role of ruminations, world beliefs, and disclosure reactions [Poster presentation]. Accepted to present at the 84^th Canadian Psychological Association Annual National Convention, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Klein, R., Fiedler-Tingley, K., & Leung T* (2022, June 17-19). Individual differences and attitudes towards organ donation among Canadian university students [Poster presentation]. 83^rd Canadian Psychological Association Annual National Convention, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Leung, T*., Schmidt, F., Mushquash, C. (2022, June 17-19). Personal trauma history and experience of secondary traumatic stress, vicarious trauma, and burnout [Poster presentation]. 83^rd Canadian Psychological Association Annual National Convention, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Klein, R., Fiedler-Tingley, K., & Leung T* (2022, February 8). Associations between personality, motivation and Canadian university students’ attitudes toward organ donation [3 Minute Thesis Presentation]. St. Joseph’s Care Group Showcase of Health Research, Virtual event.

Leung T*, Rawana E, & Klein R. (2021, June 7-25). Strength domains and association with subjective and psychological well-being [Poster presentation]. 82^nd Canadian Psychological Association Annual National Convention, Virtual event.

Leung T*, Rawana E, & Klein R. (2020, February 7). Analysis of strength domains and association with individual and social well-being among adolescents [Poster presentation]. St. Joseph’s Care Group Showcase of Health Research, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.

Leung T*, Rawana E, & Klein R (2019, May 31- June 2). Development of an empathic, strong, resilient adolescent: The association of perceived care [Poster presentation]. 80^th Canadian Psychological Association Annual National Convention, Halifax, NS, Canada.

Miller A*, Malette J*, Leung T, Hanley J*, Prystanski, S. (2019, March 30). Do presentation- or discussion-based workshop styles elicit the best user feedback from vulnerable populations in Northwestern Ontario? [Poster presentation]. Ontario Medical Students Association Medical Education Research Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada

Leung T*, Rawana K, & Klein R. (2019, February 8). The influence of different social sources on the presentation of empathy, resilience, and psychological strengths in youth [Poster presentation]. St. Joseph’s Care Group Showcase of Health Research, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.

Leung T* & Dion K. (2015, April 22). Can women be chivalrous? Chivalry and benevolent sexism [Poster presentation]. University of Toronto Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Day, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Leung T* & De Luca V. (2013, October 25). Admixture analysis of age at onset, first hospitalization and treatment initiation in schizophrenia [Poster presentation]. University of Toronto Schizophrenia Research Day, Toronto, ON, Canada

Pronouns:

She/her