Lab Members
Graduate Students
Mark Leonhart
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Research Interests: Mark’s research interests lie in understanding the role of beliefs in mental health problems, with a special focus on how this knowledge can be applied clinically, and improving access to evidence-based treatment information to empower people with mental health problems to make informed decisions in their own care. Specifically, Mark is interested in examining the cognitive mechanisms which underlie verbal and nonverbal nonverbal aspects of excessive reassurance seeking in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Academic History: Mark completed his B.A. Honours degree at the University of Manitoba under the supervision of the late Prof. John Walker. Simultaneously, Mark gained clinical experience in counselling for suicide/crisis, mental illness, and addictions. Once at Concordia University, Mark completed his M.A. under the supervision of Professor Adam Radomsky. Mark is now completing his Ph.D. with Professor Radomsky and his pre-doctoral residency at the Homewood Health Centre, University of Waterloo Campus Wellness, and Drs. Doering, Torrance-Perks, Drugovic, Lawrence, Aquino & Associates in the Waterloo region where he provides assessment and evidence-based therapy to people with anxiety, mood, trauma, and substance use problems in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
MA Thesis Title: Responsibility causes reassurance seeking, too: An experimental investigation
PhD Thesis Title: Nonverbal reassurance seeking in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Ken Kelly-Turner
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Research Interests: Ken's research interests are focused on the role of novel belief domains in the maintenance and etiology of anxiety related disorders. His M.A. and PhD research is focused on the role of beliefs about losing control in disorders such as OCD, Panic Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder. He is also interested in the utility and efficacy of internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapies.
Academic History: Ken completed his Honours B. A. in Psychology at Carleton University in 2016 where he studied the beliefs and misconceptions laypeople hold about psychopathy. He completed his Master's degree in Clinical Psychology at Concordia in 2019 under the supervision of Professor Radomsky. His Master's research focused on the role of beliefs about losing control in social anxiety.
M.A. Thesis Title: Examining the role of self-control on social interactions
Ph.D. Thesis Title: The fear of losing control: A multi-method investigation
E-mail: k_kellyt@live.concordia.ca
Sandra Krause
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Research Interests: Sandra’s research interests are focused on better understanding the mechanisms that underlie, and transdiagnostic beliefs associated with, the symptom of mental contamination in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Academic History: Sandra completed her BA with Honours in Psychology at Queen's University in 2015. After finishing her degree, she worked as a Research Intern in the Experimental Psychopathology department at the University of Groningen (Netherlands), and as a Research Coordinator in the Department of Psychiatry at University Health Network in Toronto, assisting with various anxiety-related research projects. Sandra began her Master's degree in the Clinical Psychology program under the supervision of Professor Radomsky in September of 2018.
M.A Thesis Title: “She was asking for it”: An experimental investigation of perceived responsibility, mental contamination, and workplace harassment
Ph.D. Thesis Title: Perceptions of the self and mental contamination: A multimethod investigation
E-mail: sandra.krause@mail.concordia.ca
Twitter: @sandrakrause4
Cailyn Fridgen
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Research Interests: Cailyn is interested in developing evidence-based treatment for OCD and related disorders. Specifically, she is researching cognitive behavioural interventions aimed at reducing maladaptive beliefs contributing to the maintenance and development of OCD.
Academic History: Cailyn completed her B.Sc. (Hons) in Behavioural Neuroscience at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2022. She began her master’s in clinical psychology in the Fall of 2022 under the supervision of Dr. Adam Radomsky.
M.A Thesis title: Reappraising Beliefs About Losing Control: An Experimental Investigation
E-mail: c_fridge@live.concordia.ca
Andrea Sandstrom
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Research Interests: Broadly speaking, Andrea’s research interests centre on understanding the role of maladaptive beliefs in the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Academic History: Andrea completed her B.Sc. in psychology at Western University in 2018. In 2020, she received her M.Sc in Psychiatry Research from Dalhousie University, where she conducted research on risk factors for childhood anxiety. She started her M.A. in Clinical Psychology at Concordia University under the supervision of Professor Radomsky in September 2020.
Ph.D. Thesis title: TBD