Valerie Krysanski, PhD

Dr. Krysanski is a clinical and health psychologist and assistant professor in clinical health psychology (CHP) department at the Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba. She also serves as the site lead for clinical health psychology at Victoria Hospital and as the doctoral practicum director for the CHP department.

She currently provides inpatient consultation to medical and mental health units at Victoria Hospital, as well as outpatient cognitive and psychodiagnostic assessments. She also provides outpatient treatment for mood disorders.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Krysanski enjoys teaching and clinical supervision with medical students, doctoral psychology students and clinical psychology residents.

Prior to joining the University of Manitoba, Dr. Krysanski worked as a clinical psychologist at the Regional Centre for Eating Disorders, at the Ottawa Hospital, providing assessment, treatment, and consultation to individuals with eating disorders.

Education

• Post-doctoral fellowship in behavioral medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (2006)
• Doctor of philosophy, clinical psychology, University of North Dakota (2005)
• Master of arts, University of North Dakota (2002)
• Bachelor of arts, University of Manitoba (1998)