Merv Gilbert PhD, R Psych

Faculty

Dr Gilbert has worked as a leader and psychologist for over twenty years in both private and public organizations. His particular interests are mental health and resiliency, particularly with children and teens and working adults. Merv is an active participant in a number of professional and non-profit organizations with a focus in these areas. He has experience in providing clinical services to various populations; curriculum development and teaching; facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration; and program design, implementation and evaluation. He has published in national and international journals and has presented in a diverse array of forums.Merv is also a principal partner in Gilbert Acton Ltd (www.gilbertacton.com), an organizational health consultancy.  Gilbert Acton enables organizations to create psychologically healthy climates through evidence-based methods of assessment, consultation, coaching, training and evaluation. Merv is an active participant in a number of professional and non-profit organizations with a focus in these areas. Along with colleagues in CARMHA, his activities have included

• A report on research and practice in organizational mental health: Depression and Work Function: Bridging the Gap between Mental Health Care and the Workplace (2004).

• Creation of a self-care manual for depressed teenagers, Dealing with Depression (2005).

• A self-care manual focused on depression in work settings, Antidepressant Skills in the Workplace (2007)

• A resource to assist employers to assess and address workplace psychosocial risks, Guarding Minds @ Work (2009)