Andrea Ashbaugh

Andrea Ashbaugh is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa and Director of the Centre for Psychological Services and Research. She is a licensed clinical psychologist in Ontario, Canada, with expertise in anxiety disorders, cognitive-behavioral treatments (CBT), and moral injury. Her research spans understanding trauma-related psychopathology, memory processes, and the impact of arousal beliefs on sexual functioning through the Cognition and Anxiety Studies Laboratory (CASL) and the Sex and Anxiety Research Group (SAX-RG).

• Director, Centre for Psychological Services and Research
• Former President, Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (CACBT)
• Editorial Board Member, Psychological Assessment and Frontiers in Psychiatry

Her work has been funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). She co-developed national CBT training guidelines in 2019 and contributes to global CBT standards via the World Confederation of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies.