Dr. Westra is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University in Toronto. Prior to this she was the Clinical Director of the Anxiety and Affective Disorders Service at the London Health Sciences Centre. She has published over 40 peer reviewed articles and book chapters, and given over 200 presentations and workshops on the treatment of anxiety and depression. She is author of the upcoming book "Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Anxiety" and was also co-editor with Arkowitz, Miller and Rollnick on the book "Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Psychological Problems" which has been translated into eight languages. She has received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health and the Canadian Institute of Health Research for her research on Motivational Interviewing, Resistance and Interpersonal Process in CBT.

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