Dr. Patricia Jordan
Child and Parent Resource Institute
600 Sanitorium Road
London, ON N6H 3W7
Telephone: (519) 858-2774, ext. 2006
Email: patricia.jordan@ontario.ca
Clinical interests: CPRI provides interdisciplinary, tertiary services to children and adolescents from across the province with complex mental health and developmental needs. I work on a large interdisciplinary team providing assessment and consultation services to an inpatient population of children and adolescents. Inpatient clients present with a broad range of presenting concerns and comorbidities. Many present with a history of complex trauma. Disturbances in personality functioning, suicidality, and self-injurious behaviour are common presenting concerns in adolescent clients. Primary responsibilities include completion of comprehensive, multimodal assessments, supporting diagnostic clarification, and supporting milieu-based programming and crisis management. I also provide consultation and psychoeducation to community service providers and community schools regarding the youth’s individual psychosocial treatment needs. Feedback, psychoeducation, and consultation is provided to parents in collaboration with Social Work. There are also opportunities for individual and group treatment. I have an integrative approach to individual therapy and adjust according to the needs of the client (CBT, DBT-informed, interpersonal, behavioural). I incorporate mindfulness skills as appropriate.
Topics for workshops, seminars: Working in tertiary services; The role of Psychology on Interdisciplinary teams; Trauma informed care; Assessment and treatment of non-suicidal self injurious behaviour; Borderline Personality Disorder in adolescence; DBT
Type of clinical practica: Advanced Intervention; Advanced Assessment
Types of clients: Child; Adolescent
Modality: Individual; Group
Theoretical orientation: Integrative (CBT, DBT, Interpersonal); Trauma-informed and attachment-informed; Millieu-based treatment
Types of client problems: Complex comorbid presentations; range of intellectual functioning; complex trauma, disruption of attachment, emerging personality disorders; sexualized behaviour; gender dysphoria; bipolar and related disorders; depressive disorders; anxiety disorders; OC and related disorders; dissociative disorders; somatic symptoms and related disorders
Type of supervision you can provide: Student describes case; Review audiotape with student; Review videotape with student; Co-therapy/Co-interview; Observe student live
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Clinical mentor: Available
Research interests: I have an interest in program development and evaluation. I have worked extensively with the Healthy Sexuality Committee at CPRI to develop a staff training program for our residential staff and an updated healthy sexuality education curriculum for our residential clients and their families. Development of milieu-based programming that is trauma-informed is also a primary interest.
Available to supervise: Yes
Constraints: Available September 2024 to May 2025. May be able to take more than one student during a portion of that time, depending on the goals/needs of the student. Advanced assessment/intervention practicum, more heavily weighted toward assessment and consultation (though there are some intervention opportunities).
Must be able to work in a hybrid model of care (in-person client contact and virtual meetings). Preference for students with previous assessment and intervention experience with children/adolescents.
Last updated: May 22, 2024
