Dr. Judy Le Page, R. Psych.
Dr. Judy Le Page is a registered psychologist in the Province of British Columbia (Registration # 1916). She received her Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, where her primary studies were in civil forensic and rehabilitation psychology, law, and behavioural medicine. She has previously worked at a private interdisciplinary pain clinic for several years, and adopts a collaborative care model, when appropriate, of working with the other healthcare professionals. Her clinical approach includes the evidence-based treatments of Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and related approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). One focus of her clinical practice is in the area of pain, illness, and disability management to patients suffering from a variety of chronic pain and chronic illness conditions, as well as concussion related symptoms. Dr. Le Page's practice includes the treatment of Depression, Panic Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and workplace issues.
Dr. Le Page worked as the Divisional Psychologist with the RCMP for 10 years and held the position of Acting Chief Psychologist with National Headquarters during her tenure at the RCMP. The role of Divisional Psychologist involved case management of RCMP members with mental health issues. She has extensive knowledge and experience conducting fitness for duty, high risk/special unit, isolated post, and applicant assessments, as well as traumatic incident psychological debriefings. In the Acting Chief position, she provided consultation to the Director General of the Policy Center and the Assistant Commissioner on mental health policies and the National Mental Health Strategy, oversight and assistance of psychological services and the management of nationally recognized trauma-related incidents. She is a registered provider for the RCMP, Veterans Affairs, and the Canadian Armed Forces. Dr. Le Page has presented at policing conferences in a variety of areas, including best practices in managing mental health and well-being in a police service, mental health factors in basic crisis negotiations, understanding complex and vicarious PTSD, and sleep and shift work.
Dr. Le Page conducts independent, medical-legal assessments and consultations for disability and psychological injuries due to motor vehicle and work-related injuries, assault, and workplace harassment. She provides consultation services to plaintiff and defense counsels. Her academic training involved in excess of 200 forensic assessments in medium and maximum security correctional settings. She continues to apply a comprehensive approach to independent and medical-legal assessments, which involves an examination of multiple informational sources, including a diagnostic clinical interview, standardized psychological assessment inventories, symptom validity measures, and the examination of collateral information. Her professional qualifications have been accepted in the British Columbia Supreme Court.
In addition to private practice, Dr. Le Page holds appointments as Adjunct Professor in the Division of Rheumatology, in the Department of Medicine, and Associate Member in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, the Faculty of Medicine at UBC. She has acted as a consultant to Pain BC and the Doctors of BC Practice Support Program, conducting training workshops and presentations to healthcare professionals on treatment approaches and issues related to managing chronic pain patients. She has published book chapters, research articles and abstracts in scholarly journals, and has presented her research at a number of national and international scientific and professional conferences in the areas of chronic pain, plaintiff and expert credibility in the courts, psychological assessment, forensic assessment, and psychopathology. Dr. Le Page is an active member of the International Association of the Study of Pain and the Canadian Pain Society.