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M.A. Program in Counselling and Clinical Psychology 

(Field: Clinical Psychology)

Department of Psychological Clinical Science

University of Toronto

Primary Supervisor: Dr. Andy Lee; Co-Supervisor: Dr. Anthony C. Ruocco

Education:

Honours B.A., Psychology, McGill University

M.A., Counselling and Clinical Psychology (Field: Clinical Psychology), University of Toronto

Awards:

2019: Bassili Award

2018: Dow-Hickson Scholarship

2017: Sceptre Investment Counsel Limited Scholarship

Research Interests:

Willem is interested in approach and avoidance behaviours, and their implications for psychopathology. His research will examine neural correlates of these behaviours, and how they are reflected in psychological disorders. His prior research has focused on individual differences in hippocampal morphology and function and their relationship to the experience of memory.