• CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder
  • CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder
  • CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder
  • CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder
  • CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder
  • CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder
  • CREST.BD - Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder

Rosalind Irving, M. Ed. (Counselling Psych)

Rosalind Irving Rosalind Irving is a Family Therapist with Community Psychiatric Services in North Vancouver (VCH). She holds a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology and her practice as a psychotherapist has a strong focus on family self-care, collaborative identity-building and recovery from mental illness. In addition, Rosalind is an experienced educator, and has spent over 20 years teaching secondary school in Canada and the UK.

Rosalind has recently been awarded a Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute team grant to study the use of recovery narratives in facilitating wellness in people living with BD. The research explores the therapeutic value of narratives both for the individual writing their own story and for others reading them. In addition to her practice and research, Rosalind is also active in mental health advocacy; in April 2010 she participated in a Canadian Mental Health Commission Roundtable discussion in Ottawa identifying innovative services for families and people with lived experience of mental illness.

Contact

Rosalind Irving
North Shore Community Psychiatric Services
Vancouver Coastal Health

Phone: 604-983-6035
Email: rosalind.irving@vch.ca

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