Dr. Kristen Keane provides psychological services to children, adolescents, adults, and families. She offers psychotherapy as well as psychoeducational and psychodiagnostic assessments. Dr. Keane cherishes the importance of building a safe and trusting relationship with her clients: her approach is warm, authentic, and collaborative. Dr. Keane values each client’s unique strengths, needs, and circumstances, and draws from a range of evidence-based therapies to address their goals. Her therapeutic approach is founded in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and she integrates other modalities to best support her clients including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, as well as emotion-focused and systemic approaches.

Dr. Keane completed her B.A. Honours in Psychology at Carleton University. She then completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Keane has received clinical training in a range of clinical settings, including hospitals, schools, community mental health centres, and adolescent residential assessment and treatment programs. Dr. Keane completed her pre-doctoral residency in Clinical Psychology at Eastern Health in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Dr. Tom Newman is the clinical director at THRIVE Cognitive Therapy.

​Following his undergraduate work at Redeemer University, Dr. Newman earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Lakehead University, in Thunder Bay, ON. An avid athlete, Dr. Newman conducted his graduate research for both his M.A., and Ph.D., examining the anxiety-reducing effects of physical activity. He completed clinical practicums at the Hamilton Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre and the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. He has also completed training at the Ellis Institute for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in New York. Since moving to Ottawa in 2012, he has built on his education and work experience with the team at the Ottawa Centre for Cognitive Therapy.

Dr. Newman’s therapeutic style is characterized by an accepting, caring and optimistic environment. His style is straightforward, rational, and infused with a healthy dose of humour.

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