DR. JULIE ANNE IRVING, PHD
FOUNDER
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
SHE/HER

Dr. Julie Irving is a clinical psychologist with over twenty years of experience whose practice is focused on the prevention and treatment of workplace burnout, mindfulness-based psychotherapies, and cognitive behavioural therapy for mood and anxiety related difficulties. She received her Ph.D. at McGill University studying burnout in physicians in the Faculty of Medicine’s Programs in Whole Person Care. There she worked closely with 80+ physicians, researching and implementing a novel group-based mindfulness program for clinicians in high-risk for burnout areas of medicine. During her time at McGill she additionally worked in the High-Ability Research lab co-authoring several papers examining the meta-cognitive styles of high-performers in academic settings.

Julie’s clinical psychology residency at Penn Medical and Princeton Medical Centres included in-patient rotations in eating disorders, mood, anxiety, and concurrent disorders treatment in a specialized retreat setting for executives. She then completed a two-year clinical/research postdoctoral fellowship in the Mood Disorders Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Clinic at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) (2011-2013); her research focused on understanding the neural mechanisms that underpin change in mindfulness-based therapies and the prevention of depressive relapse. Following her postdoc she helped found the award-winning Integrated Care Pathway for Depression and Alcohol in the CAMH Addiction Medicine Service as the Psychology Lead. This program blends evidenced-based psychological intervention with cutting-edge psychopharmacology, improving outcomes, retention, and overall patient experiences during treatment. Julie additionally held a position as a Supervising Psychologist in the Translational Addictions Research Lab at CAMH. She is a published peer-reviewed author and an Adjunct Faculty in the Departments of Psychiatry, Applied Psychology, and Psychological Clinical Science at the University of Toronto.

Julie has been fortunate to work with many students and trainees and has taught workshops on CBT, burnout prevention in health care, mindfulness-based therapies and addictions treatment at health centres across Canada and the United States. She additionally provides commentary for media outlets including The Globe and Mail and Global News. A life-long learner, she is currently pursuing post-graduate training in neuropsychology and has an interest in working with adults who have a new diagnosis of ADHD. Her practice at Mind Balance is broadly focused on supporting individuals in professions that are considered high-risk for burnout, such as medicine and law. She provides assessment and treatment in these areas as well as therapy for relationship issues, career transitions, caregiver burnout, social anxiety, mood disorders, severe and recurrent depression, depression relapse prevention, and support during pregnancy and post-partum.