Dr. Catherine Fichten was the recipient of the Canadian Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Public or Community Service, the Prix Reconnaissance de l’Association pour la recherche au collégial (ARC), the Prix de l’ARC pour Contribution au développement de carrières scientifiques, and was awarded the CSUN Fred Strache Leadership Award.
Born in Hungary and raised in Montreal, she earned a B.Sc. from McGill University, an M.A. from Concordia University, and a Ph.D. (Dean’s Honor List) in Clinical Psychology from McGill University. She was a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Dawson College, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, and a clinical psychologist in the Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy and Research Unit of the Jewish General Hospital. She co-directed the Adaptech Research Network/Réseau de Recherche Adaptech, a bilingual multidisciplinary grant funded research team based at Dawson College. She published extensively in both English and French with colleagues and students and held grants from both provincial and federal funding agencies.
Additional information about her publications and presentations is available on her website.