Contact
Faculty of Education - Deans Office
- yyjiang@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Mental Health ADHD
About
Dr. Jiang is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta and an Assistant Professor in Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Spirituality in the Faculty of Human Sciences at Saint Paul University. She is a Registered Clinical Psychologist, and Director of the Attention, Behaviour, and Compassion (ABC) Lab. Dr. Jiang completed her predoctoral and postdoctoral Clinical Psychology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, and completed her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She completed her Honours Bachelor of Science in the Psychology Research Specialist program at the University of Toronto.
Research
The ABC Lab focuses on improving the psychological well-being of children and adults with challenges with attention and behaviour through compassion-based care. Much of the lab’s research concerns Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and strives to study the strengths and challenges of ADHD so that the right supports can be put in place to empower individuals with ADHD and their communities. Research in the lab also aims to understand in general how to disrupt the cycle of self-blame through trauma-informed self-compassion to contribute to an open and engaged society that nurtures the human spirit and the authentic self.