Dr. Judith Laposa is an associate scientist and psychologist within the General Adult Psychiatry and Health Systems Division at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto (U of T).
She is also the Clinical and Training Lead for the Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program, CAMH site, and is one of the original co-developers of this provincial program that provides evidence-based treatment for mood and anxiety conditions. She created CAMH’s healthcare worker psychotherapy program, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Laposa is CACBT-ACTCC-Certified in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). In addition to working with clients, she mentors students and professionals from a variety of disciplines in the administration of CBT.
She completed her Ph.D. at UBC, did her resident year at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and then completed a post-doctoral fellowship at CAMH/U of T.
Dr. Laposa received the CAMH Excellence in Psychology Education award in 2013, 2016, 2017, and 2023, the Ontario Psychological Association Dr. Harvey Brooker Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching in 2018, the University of Toronto Psychotherapy Award for Academic Excellence in 2019, and the CAMH Excellence in Psychology Clinical Practice Award in 2024.
Areas of Research
Dr. Laposa’s research interests focus on the measurement and evaluation of cognitive models of anxiety disorders, and mechanisms in treatment response to cognitive behaviour therapy, with particular interests in post-traumatic stress disorder, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Publications
View Dr. Laposa’s publications on PubMed.