Eileen Kilbride
Eileen Kilbride is a Psychological Associate with over 30 years of experience in clinical psychology and community-based children’s mental health services. She has been a member of The College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario since 1997. She currently provides clinical psychological services including consultation and assessment focused on mental health, to youth and families across Manitoulin Island, through Noojmowin-Teg Health Centre and Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services. . Eileen also provides clinical and program consultation services to agencies/boards, and training in a broad range of clinical practice.
For over 25 years, Eileen was a psychological consultant in children’s services with a community based mental health agency, serving youth and families with complex mental health and developmental issues. She provided clinical consultation, assessment and treatment services, and was a clinical resource to staff and community partners. Eileen has also co-developed programs from concept to practice, such as an attachment clinic providing highly specialized services, and also treatment protocols for programs servicing high risk/hard to engage youth in community based mental health. Previously, Eileen was a psychological consultant and part of a Multidisciplinary Assessment & Programming Services (MAPS) team with the Wellington Catholic District School Board, supporting high needs students and their school teams. She founded Kilbride & Associates in 2008, a private practice in clinical psychology with a focus on child and adolescent mental health, consultation and training services.
Professional development includes: The Attachment, Self-regulation, Competency model, second edition (ARC-2); Sensory-Motor Arousal Training (SMART) through the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute; Circle of Security Parenting/Intensive Training; training in the Secure Base/Safe Haven Attachment Classification Protocol with Dr. Bob Marvin; training The Strange Situation (ABCD) attachment classification system with Dr. Alan Sroufe and Dr. Elizabeth Carlson at The University of Minnesota; training in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR); Violent Threat Risk Assessment (VTRA); Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT); Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) training with Christine Padesky.
Eileen works with a wide range of professional colleagues offering highly specialized assessment and treatment services, remotely and in person.
Professional development includes: The Attachment, Self-regulation, Competency model, second edition (ARC-2); Sensory-Motor Arousal Training (SMART) through the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute; Circle of Security Parenting/Intensive Training; training in the Secure Base/Safe Haven Attachment Classification Protocol with Dr. Bob Marvin; training The Strange Situation (ABCD) attachment classification system with Dr. Alan Sroufe and Dr. Elizabeth Carlson at The University of Minnesota; training in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR); Violent Threat Risk Assessment (VTRA); Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT); Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) training with Christine Padesky.
Eileen works with a wide range of professional colleagues offering highly specialized assessment and treatment services, remotely and in person.