Dr. Sulaye Thakrar is a Clinical Psychologist with The Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology and a member of The Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia. Additionally, he is the outgoing president of the Atlantic Canada Chapter of the Association of Contextual Behavioural Sciences. Dr. Thakrar completed his undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of New Brunswick, his Masters and PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and his Doctoral Residency at the QEII Health Sciences Centre. He has worked in hospitals, community agencies, private practices, psychiatric institutions, and university counselling Centres thus far in his career. During the day, Dr. Thakrar also work at QEII Health Sciences Centre with patients in Cardiology, Respirology, and Burns. Dr. Thakrar’s specialty is seeing clients with concerns related to acute and chronic health concerns (e.g. burn injuries, cardiac conditions, diabetes, etc). He also has the ability to treat a wide variety of difficulties with mental health faced in adulthood. Dr. Thakrar also has expertise in providing Behavioural Couples Therapy. Dr. Thakrar’s research interests are in health behaviour change, training healthcare providers on managing psychosocial issues, and the experience of recovering from acute and chronic injuries.
