Joachim Sehrbrock

Joachim Sehrbrock

Position: Instructor

Department: Psychology/Social Science

Faculty: Humanities and Social Sciences

Office: N3427 (New Westminster) or B3165 (Coquitlam)

Email: sehrbrockj@douglascollege.ca

Education and Credentials

  • Registered Psychologist, College of Psychologists of British Columbia
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Pathways Counselling Centre, California, USA
  • Ph.D., Clinical Psychology with a Specialization in Teaching, Education, and Research, Sofia University, California, USA
  • M.A., Psychology, Sofia University, California, USA
  • B.A., Contemplative Psychology, Naropa University

Academic and Professional Profile

  • Faculty, Douglas College
  • Clinical Instructor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia (UBC)
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of British Columbia (UBC)
  • Private practice in downtown Vancouver

Teaching Concentrations

Clinical psychology; Psychopathology; Developmental psychology

Courses

  • PSYC 1130 Lifespan Human Development
  • PSYC 1200 Introduction to Psychology
  • PSYC 2341 Psychological Disorders and Treatment
  • PSYC 3342 Developmental Psychopathology
  • PSYC 3339 Sociopolitical and Critical Psychology

Clinical/Research Activities

Diversity Competency in Psychotherapy; Sociopolitical Factors in Psychotherapy; LGBTQ+ mental health; Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Psychology

Open to Supervising Honours Students for 2022-23: NO

Professional Affiliations and Community Service

  • British Columbia Psychological Association
  • Canadian Psychological Association, member

Hobbies and Interests

Mindfulness; Buddhist psychology and practice; Learning new things; Spending time in the outdoors

Selected Refereed Publications:

Sehrbrock, J. (2021). Social justice on the couch: Collapse and repair of social thirdness. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 37(4), 673-689.

Sehrbrock, J. (2020). Social thirdness: Intersubjective conceptions of the experience of gender prejudice. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 15(3), 289-295. 

Sehrbrock, J. (2015). Collaborative care: Why it matters to psychologists and how any psychologist can be part of it. BC Psychologist, Fall 2015, 17-19.

Sehrbrock, J., & DeGagne, T. (2014). Primary care psychology: Increasing capacity and decreasing barriers to psychological services through integrated care. BC Psychologist, 3(4), 26-28.

Sehrbrock, J. (2008). A comparison of treatment planning conducted by integrally informed and non-integrally informed psychotherapists. Dissertation Abstracts International, 69 (02), 1343. (UMI No. 3291771)

Sehrbrock, J. (2007). Preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of integrally-informed treatment. Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, 2 (1), 40-59.

Sehrbrock, J. (2007). The integrative helper: Convergence of Eastern and Western traditions. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 39 (2), 240-242.