Paul Hewitt (psychologist)
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Dr. Paul L. Hewitt is a Full Professor in the Department of Psychology, an Associate Member of the Psychotherapy Program in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, and a Registered Psychologist in British Columbia, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and of its Section on Clinical Psychology.[1] He has won numerous awards. In 2017, Hewitt was named one of the top 10 Canadian clinical psychology professors for research productivity and, in 2019, he was awarded the Canadian Psychological Association’s Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science.[2][3] Dr. Hewitt is a researcher and clinician and has had a private practice since 1988 which focuses on psychodynamic/interpersonal assessment and psychotherapy for individuals experiencing difficulties from perfectionistic behavior, early trauma, depression, anxiety, personality, and interpersonal problems.
Paul Hewitt | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Education | University of Manitoba University of Saskatchewan |
Known for | Research on perfectionism |
Awards | Canadian Psychological Association Fellow |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Clinical psychology |
Institutions | University of British Columbia |
Thesis | Standard setting, standard shifts, reward, and punishment in subclinical depression (1988) |
Doctoral advisor | Richard Wollert |