Anisha Varghese

Dr. Anisha Varghese is a Licensed Psychologist who provides assessment and therapy services to children, adolescents, and adults. She is passionate about using psychological assessment to help clients understand their unique profile of strengths and needs, as well as what supports might be helpful. In her therapeutic work, she uses evidence-based (primarily cognitive-behavioural, as well as emotion-focused, acceptance and commitment, and mindfulness-based) approaches to support clients with understanding and managing difficulties which include anxiety, OCD, depression, health concerns, somatization, stress, and life transitions. When working with young people, she believes in the importance of collaborating with parents to help them build upon their strategies for supporting their children. Dr. Varghese also values creativity, playfulness, humour, and she incorporates these into her therapeutic work.

Dr. Varghese relocated to Vancouver to complete her residency at BC Children’s Hospital after completing her doctoral training in Clinical Psychology at the University of Waterloo. Following her residency, she continued to work in a number of programs and clinics at Sunny Hill Health Centre and BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH), at which she is a Staff Psychologist. She currently works with the BCCH Medical Psychology team, which involves inpatient and outpatient treatment of health-related challenges which include pain, stress associated with health conditions, procedural anxiety, and adjustment to chronic illness. During her three years at Sunny Hill, she completed assessments of neurodevelopmental and associated conditions as part of the Complex Developmental and Behavioural Conditions (CDBC) program. She also previously worked with the BCCH Provincial ADHD Clinic, which involved assessments for ADHD and co-occurring conditions, and group intervention for parent-led behavioural management of ADHD symptoms. Dr. Varghese’s hospital roles also allow her to invest time in her passion for supervision, teaching, and consultation.