About
Dr. Nicola Wright, Registered Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Nicola Wright has been a registered clinical, health and rehabilitation Psychologist in Ontario since 2000. She is authorized to provide psychological services to adults, seniors, and organizations. She has spent 22 years of her career working at The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre where she also held the roles of Chief of Psychology and Director/Co-Director of Psychology Training. She transitioned from The Royal to private practice in 2022. In her private practice, she provides psychotherapy, consultation and supervision, presentations and training workshops for professional clinical staff and Mindful Self-Compassion courses.
Given her belief in education and growing our future, Dr. Wright has devoted much of her career to training, educating and supervising Ph.D. Clinical Psychology students, Psychiatry residents, and other health care professionals. Dr. Wright has held the role of Clinical Professor with the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa, President of the Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programs and has served on both the Accreditation Panel, and the Education and Training Committee of the Canadian Psychological Association. Dr. Wright has been an Adjunct Faculty member with the Beck Institute (founded by the father of CBT Dr. Aaron Beck) and is a sought after presenter for her training workshops on CBT locally, nationally and internationally.
Dr. Wright's clinical career has focused on individual and group therapy. Due to her belief in the use of empirically supported treatments, she has been the principal investigator/co-investigator on 4 peer-reviewed research grants on the CBT approaches she uses in her practice. She has published and presented widely in the area of CBT and work-life balance. She is the lead author of the book on CBT, Treating Psychosis: A Clinician's Guide to Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy & Mindfulness Approaches within the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Tradition (Wright et al., 2014).
Dr. Wright is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and a founding member and steering committee member of the North American Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis Network.
Dr. Wright is passionate about her work and the profession of Psychology. Outside of work, Dr. Wright enjoys spending time with family and friends, travelling (she likes to volunteer when she travels), reading and being in nature. She is a lover of animals and hopes to leave this world a (bit) better place.