Dr. Fjóla Helgadóttir Psychology
In the fall of 2020 Dr. Helgadottir returned to face-to-face and Telehealth clinical practice as a PhD, Registered psychologist in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She is also a registered clinical psychologist in Iceland and sees clients via Telehealth.
From 2018-2020 Dr. Helgadottir was in Iceland running a CBT clinic in Reykjavik and conducting research with Icelandic, Australian and Canadian universities.
From 2015 to 2018 Dr. Helgadottir worked at the Vancouver CBT Centre, and did research in collaboration with UBC.
From 2011 - 2015 Dr. Helgadottir worked as a Senior Research Clinician at the University of Oxford in England, and founded AI-Therapy, a fully automated treatment programs for social anxiety, fertility stress and death anxiety.
From 2005-2011 Dr. Helgadottir completed her clinical training and PhD in Perth and Sydney, Australia and ran her own CBT clinic. Dr. Helgadottir trained in a variety of settings as a psychologist, including hospitals, schools, clinics and treatment centers.
Dr. Helgadottir became fully registered by the College of Psychologist in British Columbia in 2016. Over the past 2 decades, Dr. Helgadottir has specialized in evidence-based treatment for complex psychological conditions. Her main areas of expertise are Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Health Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Fear of flying and more.
Dr. Helgadottir has been using Telehealth and innovating in health care since 2007. She received the Tracey Goodall Early Career Award for her innovations in online treatment. Dr. Helgadottir has also been involved in teaching cognitive behavior therapy over the years. Most recently she has hosted workshops for professionals on Panic Disorder and has been doing clinical research in collaboration with several Universities around the globe.
In our clinical work we are data-driven. We conduct assessments before each session to focus our clinical care.
If you are interested in referring a patient or book a session, please contact the Pamela Ang on +1 778 371 3005 /+354 466 2018 or admin@drfjola.com for more information.
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Evidence based psychological treatment service. Dr. Helgadottir has specialized in using modern technology to improve mental health care. In this area, Dr. Helgadottir has won an innovation award and has been featured in Science Magazine. Dr. Helgadottir provides face-to-face service and online service in Vancouver, and online services to Iceland.
What Is Cognitive Behavior Therapy?
Research in the past three decades has revolutionized how we treat mental health conditions. Now we have 1000 of research trials that demonstrate the efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in tackling wide range of mental health problems. Anxiety disorders have a particular strong evidence. However, CBT is an umbrella term for a range of different approaches.
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CBT for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety, Health anxiety, and other anxiety problems have particularly strong evidence base. Our clinic specializes in the treatment of these problems as well as eating disorders, depression and body dysmorphic disorder.
Our assessment session will help clarify the nature of your problems, and will last for 1.5 hours. Regular appoinments are 50 mins.
Our Practice
Dr. Fjola Helgadottir Psychology
Suite 600, 1285 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC, V6H 1G7
Canada
Phone: +1 778 371 3005
Email: ADMIN@DRFJOLA.COM