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Degree in Progress:
MA in Psychology (Clinical Psychology Stream), Toronto Metropolitan University
Degrees:
2020, BA in Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University
Research Interests:
Justice’s research focuses on the roles of threat and safety in experiences of anxiety, with a specific focus on generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). She aims to expand traditional understandings by reconceptualizing persistent worry and anxiety in GAD as the consequences of difficulties in obtaining, perceiving, and feeling a sense of safety. Her undergraduate Honours Thesis examined components of safety information processing in high worriers prone to GAD. Her Master’s thesis will employ quantitative and qualitative research methods to explore conceptual understandings of what it means to be and feel safe, and emotional barriers to feeling safe in individuals prone to GAD. Her clinical interests are in depression, trauma, and anxiety, and she hopes to work with individuals, couples, and families. Justice is also interested in anti-oppressive, accessible mental health resources for marginalized populations, and in critical analysis of psychological knowledge production, dissemination, and application.