Assistant professor
Max Rady College of Medicine
Clinical Health Psychology
PZ350-771 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N4
Phone: 204-787-7424
Christine Henriksen, PhD
Research achievements
Research summary
Dr. Henriksen’s current program of research examines the effectiveness of novel psychotherapy interventions for individuals with a wide range of mental health difficulties. She is interested in developing and evaluating lower-cost, brief, and low-intensity mental health treatments that can reduce wait times and improve access to evidence-based treatments, particularly in crisis populations. She recently received an operating grant from the Health Sciences Centre Foundation to pilot a CBT-based psychoeducational skills class for individuals who have made a recent suicide attempt that she developed with her team at the Crisis Response Centre.
Research interests
group treatment
low-intensity treatment
post-crisis intervention
psychotherapy
suicide
Biography
Dr. Christine Henriksen is an assistant professor in clinical health psychology at the University of Manitoba and staff psychologist at the Crisis Response Centre.
She received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Manitoba. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Harvard Medical School’s McLean Hospital and furthered her training at McLean with a post-doctoral fellowship at the renowned Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Institute.
Dr. Henriksen brings her wealth of training and experience in treating severe and complex mental health problems to her work at the Crisis Response Centre. Her program of research aims to develop and evaluate novel, low-intensity, cognitive-behaviorally based interventions for individuals requiring post-crisis follow-up services within a stepped-care model.
Education
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital (2015-2016)
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology from the University of Manitoba (2016)
Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from the University of Manitoba (2010)
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Minnesota (2006)
Awards
2016:
- Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence for PhD Dissertation, University of Manitoba
2011-2015:
- Doctoral Graduate Studentship, Manitoba Health Research Council
2011:
- Esther and Samuel Milmot Scholarship, University of Manitoba Centre on Aging
- Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence for Master’s Thesis, University of Manitoba
2010-2011:
- Graduate Fellowship, University of Manitoba
2010:
- Graduate Fellowship, University of Manitoba
- Council of Canadian Departments of Psychology Teaching Assistantship Award, University of Manitoba
- Clarence Bogardus Sharpe Memorial Scholarship, University of Manitoba
- Women’s Health Research Foundation of Canada Graduate Scholarship, University of Manitoba
2009-2014:
- Manitoba Graduate Scholarship, University of Manitoba
2008-2009:
- Psychology Fellowship, University of Manitoba
Contact us
Clinical Health Psychology
PZ350-771 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba, Bannatyne Campus
Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N4 Canada
204-787-7424
204-787-3755