Elaine Greidanus

Dr. Greidanus is a Registered Psychologist in Alberta. Her areas of practice include individual therapy with children and adults and psychoeducational assessment. She has taught graduate level clinical and counselling psychology since 2008 and is interested in the challenges and opportunities presented by the use of technology in both clinical psychology practice and in teaching graduate level clinical psychology. She supervises students in clinical practice as well as dissertation research. In her free time she likes to go outside.

Research Interests

• Collaborative Practice
• Animal & Nature Assisted Therapy
• Wellness
• Technology in Education and Counselling
• Teaching Counselling and Clinical Psychology

Education

• Ph.D., in Counselling Psychology, University of Alberta (2010)
• M.Ed., Counselling Psychology, University of Alberta (2005)

Representative Papers and Presentations

Greidanus, E., Burleigh, D., & Mai’Stonia, D. (2023). Educator understandings of wellness: Barriers and supports in northern Alberta First Nations Schools. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 69(4), 514-528. https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/ajer.v69i4.77008

Greidanus, E., & Fox, S. A. (2024). Collaborative practice in Canadian psychologists’ standards of practice. Canadian Psychology = Psychologie Canadienne, 65(1), 1 -14. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000379

Arksey, A. M., & Greidanus, E. J. (2022). “I could hardly breathe”: Teachers’ lived experiences of bereavement after the violent death of a student. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy (Online), 56(1), 47-69. https://doi.org/10.47634/cjcp.v56i1.68946

Greidanus, E., Warren, C., Harris, G., & Umetsubo, Y. (2020). Collaborative Practice in Counselling: A Scoping Review. Journal of Interprofessional Care, DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2019.1637334

Greidanus, E. (2016). Collaborative practice in professional psychology. CAP Monitor, 50, 9 – 12.

Greidanus, E. & Dye, Brad. (2017, September). Collaborative Practice Essentials: Knowledge café. Invited presentation at the College of Alberta Psychologists Annual General Meeting. Edmonton, Alberta.

Greidanus, E. & Burleigh, D. (2019). Surviving and thriving: Navigating wellness in northern and rural school communities. Canada Education, 59, 11 – 13. https://www.edcan.ca/magazine/archives/