LAB NEWS
Zoe Weidman was awarded the 2023/2024 Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence for her master's thesis. Great work, Zoe!
September 2024
Sadie Neufeld was awarded the 2023/2024 Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence for her master's thesis. Congratulations Sadie!
September 2024
Dr. Kristel Thomassin starred in the University of Guelph's Digital Expert Alert discussing emotions & Inside Out 2. Click below to watch the interview!
July 2024
Linda Sosa-Hernandez was awarded a 2024 Vanier Scholarship. Congratulations Linda!
July 2024
Nida Ansari was selected as the recipient of the 2023-24 OCUFA Henry Mandelbaum Graduate Fellowship, Master's for Excellence in Social Sciences, Humanities, or Arts. Congratulations Nida!
June 2024
The CEMH lab attended the Canadian Psychology Association (CPA) 2024 Convention. Click below for symposium slides for a 6-week Randomized Controlled Trial of Emotion Focused Family Therapy for Parents of Children with Mental Health Difficulties, presented by Chelsea Reaume!
June 2024
CBC Kids News interviewed Dr. Kristel Thomassin on Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2!
June 2024
Celebrating Child and Youth Mental Health Day in Ontario 2024
May 2024
Sadie Neufeld was awarded the SSHRC CGS-D Scholarship. Congratulations Sadie!
May 2024
Congratulations to Nida Ansari, Katie Frankiewicz, and Abbey Drew who were awarded SSHRC CGS scholarships. Great work!
April 2024
Claudia Laver was accepted to the Social Work Program at the University of British Columbia. Congratulations and safe travels, Claudia!
April 2024
Abbey Drew was accepted to the School and Applied Child Psychology at Western University. Congratulations and all the best, Abbey!
April 2024
Katie Frankiewicz was accepted into our Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology program at the University of Guelph. Congratulations Katie, we are lucky to have you!
April 2024
Natasha Vogel presented at the 2024 Society for Affective Science Annual Conference in Louisiana, USA. Great work Natasha!
March 2024
Nida Ansari was accepted into an MSc program at the University of Guelph, pursuing research in higher education. Congratulations and all the best, Nida!
November 2023
Chelsea Reaume joined Craig Norris on The Morning Edition KW to chat about our EFFT project!
August 2023
Sadie Neufeld and Zoe Weidman successfully defended their Master's theses! Congratulations to Sadie and Zoe!
Summer 2023
Congratulations to Katie Frankiewicz for winning the Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence for 2022/2023!
June 2023
Zoe Weidman is awarded an SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship. Congratulations Zoe!
April 2023
Chelsea Reaume is awarded the SSHRC CGS-D Scholarship. Rad work!
April 2023
The CEMH Lab attended "Let's Talk About Youth! A Clinical Developmental Psychology Conference" at York University.
April 2023
Congratulations to our lab coordinator Katie Frankiewicz for winning the first prize for top undergraduate poster! See our pictures!
Congratulations to our lab coordinator Katie Frankiewicz for winning the first prize for top undergraduate poster! See our pictures!
The CEMH Lab attended SRCD 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
March 2023
See our pictures!
See our pictures!
Linda Sosa-Hernandez is a recipient of the 2023 Biennial Travel Award for the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Conference. Congratulations Linda!
March 2023
Kate Lupo-Flewelling was accepted into the School and Applied Child Psychology program at UCalgary. We wish her all the very best in her future endeavours!
March 2023
Welcome RAs Katie, Abbey, Leah B., Charlotte, Sage and Angela to the team!
March 2023
Nida Ansari is selected as the 2022 recipient of the Collin Cureatz Memorial Award for Co-op Student Involvement!
February 2023
Nida was a co-op student in the lab in summer of 2022 as an NSERC USRA-funded research assistant. The award highlights a co-op student who has positively represented the Co-op program to current students, future students and the community in general. Well done, Nida!
Nida was a co-op student in the lab in summer of 2022 as an NSERC USRA-funded research assistant. The award highlights a co-op student who has positively represented the Co-op program to current students, future students and the community in general. Well done, Nida!
Dr. Thomassin is awarded a Research Excellence Award from the Office of Research and the Office of the Provost!
August 2022
Research Excellence Awards highlight research achievements of recently tenured faculty members, to raise the profile of individuals who would be considered for future external recognition. Dr. Thomassin is one of eight University of Guelph researchers to receive this award!
Research Excellence Awards highlight research achievements of recently tenured faculty members, to raise the profile of individuals who would be considered for future external recognition. Dr. Thomassin is one of eight University of Guelph researchers to receive this award!
Dr. Thomassin is selected to receive a 2022 American Psychological Foundation (APF) Walter Katkovsky grant!
July 2022
This grant aims to support research on the general topic of psychotherapy. Congratulations Dr. Thomassin!
This grant aims to support research on the general topic of psychotherapy. Congratulations Dr. Thomassin!
New findings published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology: Reaume et al. "Racial-ethnic differences in positive emotion socialization: Links to child emotional lability"
July 2022
Linda Sosa-Hernandez is awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) for her upcoming Master's research. Congratulations!
June 2022
Linda Sosa-Hernandez is awarded First Place for Best Student Poster at the Development 2022 Conference. Well done, Linda!
June 2022
Linda's poster was titled, “Temperamental shyness and communicative behaviours in a goal-oriented task: A dyadic perspective”. See her pictures!
Linda's poster was titled, “Temperamental shyness and communicative behaviours in a goal-oriented task: A dyadic perspective”. See her pictures!
The CEMH Lab and its members attend Development 2022 and CPA 2022 in Calgary, Alberta.
June 2022
See our pictures!
See our pictures!
Linda Sosa-Hernandez is selected as one of this year’s recipients of the CPA Clinical Section Student Research Grant. Congratulations on this well-earned award!
June 2022
Leah Sack is awarded the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship. Congratulations, Leah!
May 2022
Natasha Vogel and Linda Sosa-Hernandez are joining the lab as graduate students this upcoming Fall. Welcome to the team!
May 2022
Dr. Thomassin is awarded an Early Researcher Award (ERA) from the Government of Ontario!
May 2022
Dr. Thomassin is one of five researchers at the University of Guelph to be receiving this award. She and her research team will compare the effectiveness of personalized psychotherapy for child anxiety and depression with current, more generalized treatment for children. The research will help shape psychotherapeutic practice by furthering knowledge of children’s treatment needs. Congratulations Dr. Thomassin!
Dr. Thomassin is one of five researchers at the University of Guelph to be receiving this award. She and her research team will compare the effectiveness of personalized psychotherapy for child anxiety and depression with current, more generalized treatment for children. The research will help shape psychotherapeutic practice by furthering knowledge of children’s treatment needs. Congratulations Dr. Thomassin!
Jessica Seddon is awarded the 2021 SRCD Dissertation Research Funding Award for her Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) dissertation project. Well done!
September 2021
This award is given by the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) to selected dissertation research projects deemed to be exceptionally noteworthy and to display a strong potential to contribute to the field of child development.
This award is given by the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) to selected dissertation research projects deemed to be exceptionally noteworthy and to display a strong potential to contribute to the field of child development.
Jessica Seddon is awarded the 2021 SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship to Honour Nelson Mandela award.
August 2021
This distinction seeks to recognize and support CGS-funded graduate students conducting research in one or more of five areas championed by Nelson Mandela: national unity; democracy, freedom and human rights; leadership; children’s participation in society; and children’s health. This award is granted to 10 doctoral-level students among the highest-ranked from the CGS Doctoral competition.
This distinction seeks to recognize and support CGS-funded graduate students conducting research in one or more of five areas championed by Nelson Mandela: national unity; democracy, freedom and human rights; leadership; children’s participation in society; and children’s health. This award is granted to 10 doctoral-level students among the highest-ranked from the CGS Doctoral competition.
Leah Sack successfully defends her Master's thesis entitled Mixed Methods Examination of Mothers' and Fathers' Emotion Socialization-Related Self-Efficacy and Links to Emotion Socialization. Well done Leah!
August 16 2021
Chelsea Reaume successfully defends her Master's thesis entitled Linguistic Analysis of Parent Emotion Beliefs: Longitudinal Links to Child, Parents, & Family Functioning. Way to go Chelsea!
July 14 2021
The EDMH Lab is now the Child Emotion and Mental Health (CEMH) Lab!
Summer 2021
Jessica Seddon is awarded a SSHRC J. A. Bombardier CGS-D Scholarship. Congratulations Jess!
April 2021
Sadie Neufeld and Zoe Weidman join the lab as graduate students. Welcome to the team Sadie and Zoe!
March 2021
Dr. Thomassin and collaborators are awarded funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Project Grant).
September 2020
The project seeks to understand how psychotherapy works for children and to personalize treatment to make it more effective, focusing on the regulation of negative emotion.
The project seeks to understand how psychotherapy works for children and to personalize treatment to make it more effective, focusing on the regulation of negative emotion.
New findings published in Frontiers in Psychology: Seddon et al. "The Cascade Effect of Maternal and Paternal Dysregulation and Psychopathology: An Emotion Socialization Transmission Framework"
October 2020
New findings published in Journal of Developmental Psychology: Sosa-Hernandez et al. "Mother and Father Repertoires of Emotion Socialization Practices in Middle Childhood"
August 2020
Dr. Thomassin is awarded funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Discovery Grant).
June 2020
The project will study physiological regulation capacity in childhood and adolescence.
The project will study physiological regulation capacity in childhood and adolescence.
Dr. Thomassin is awarded funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Insight Grant).
October 2019
The project will examine family-wide emotion dynamics and associations with children's emotional development. See our research page.
The project will examine family-wide emotion dynamics and associations with children's emotional development. See our research page.
New findings published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies: Thomassin et al. "Development and Validation of the Parents’ Gendered Emotion Beliefs Scale"
September 2019
“Moms Show Gender Bias Against Emotional Expression in Boys. But, Why?” by Jen Monnier is published in Fatherly.
January 2020
Our Thomassin & Seddon (2019) article is getting some media attention!
November 2019
Our recent findings on parents' gendered emotion beliefs (Thomassin & Seddon, 2019, Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science) were featured in the Globe and Mail and CTV News.
November 2019
Jessica Seddon and Chelsea Reaume receive the SSHRC Master's CGS-M Scholarship. Congratulations!
September 2019
Chelsea Reaume and Leah Sack join the EDMH lab! Welcome, Chelsea and Leah!
September 2019
Jessica Seddon defends her Master's Thesis: Can Affirmation Training Modify Parents' Implicit Beliefs About Gender and Emotion? Congrats on a job well-done!
August 2019
We have results from our project funded by SSHRC.
The EDMH lab attends the Canadian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies in Montreal.
May 2019. See our pictures!
Sofia Do Rosario and Gillian Rourke present their honours theses. Congrats!
April 2019
The EDMH lab attends the Society for Research in Child Development in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
March 2019. See our pictures!
Dr. Thomassin is awarded funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Ministry of Research and Innovation.
April 2018
Title: Translational Emotion Science and Youth Well-being
Title: Translational Emotion Science and Youth Well-being
The EDMH lab attends the Canadian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies in Vancouver.
May 2018. See our pictures!
See our new whiteboard video about what we do in the EDMH Lab!
Dr. Thomassin shares insights into being a psychologist.
Profile in: Intervention: Children and adolescents. In Lee, C.M. & Hunsley, J. (Eds.) Introduction to clinical psychology: An evidence-based approach. Etobicoke: John Wiley & Sons Canada.
Jessica Seddon joins the EDMH lab! Welcome, Jessica!
September 2017
EDMH students attend the Canadian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies in Ottawa.
May 2017
The EDMH Lab attends the Society for Research in Child Development in Austin, Texas.
April 2017; Austin, Texas, USA. See our pictures!
Sage Sezlik is accepted into the University of Ottawa Clinical Psychology program. Congrats, Sage!
March 2017
Dr. Thomassin is featured in Parents Canada.
August 31, 2016
"Exploring the link between gender and emotional expression" by Katherine Di Marino.
"Exploring the link between gender and emotional expression" by Katherine Di Marino.
Dr. Thomassin is awarded an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
June 2016
Title: “Boys Don’t Cry!” A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Parents’ Sex-Typed Beliefs About Emotion Experiences in Boys Versus Girls
Title: “Boys Don’t Cry!” A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Parents’ Sex-Typed Beliefs About Emotion Experiences in Boys Versus Girls
Dr. Thomassin is awarded seed funding from the University of Ottawa.
2016
