Dr. Hillary McBride
Dr. Hillary McBride is a registered clinical counsellor in private practice in Vancouver who recently completed her PhD in Counselling Psychology at UBC. When she is not doing clinical work she is researching, speaking, and writing. Her areas of clinical and research specialty focus on the intersection of spirituality and mental health, trauma, and trauma therapies, embodiment, eating disorders, body image, sex and sexuality, and feminist approaches to psychology. Hillary's work has been recognized by both the American and Canadian Psychological Associations, and she was recently awarded the International Young Investigator Award for her research contributions so early in her career. In 2017, she published her first book with Post Hill Press—Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image: Learning to Love Ourselves as We Are, and she is the senior editor of a textbook, Embodiment and Eating Disorders: Theory, Research, Prevention and Treatment, which came out in 2018. Her next book, This is my Body, will be out February 2021. You can hear her work as a co-host on The Liturgists Podcast and as the host of CBC podcast Other People's Problems.
In this poignant letter, clinical counsellor and author Dr. Hillary McBride encourages us to develop compassion and respect for our body, and to listen to our body’s wisdom. Continue reading →
