Nina Josefowitz
Expert Bio
<p>Dr. Nina Josefowitz has over thirty years of experience as a CBT therapist and teacher. The second edition of her book <em>CBT Made Simple: A clinicians guide to practicing cognitive behavioral therapy was recently published by New Harbinger. </em>Her book has been widely praised for its practical approach to learning CBT as well as its numerous exercises and video demonstrations. Dr. Josefowitz has spent most of her career as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at OISE/University of Toronto, Canada. She teaches a course in cognitive behaviour therapy as well as counselling courses in the Global Mental Health program. Dr. Josefowitz has offered workshops on CBT internationally in China, Ethiopia and India in addition to conducting over 100 workshops throughout Ontario to a variety of mental health agencies. Dr. Josefowitz is interested in how to combine a client-centred approach with CBT so that the client’s emotional life is validated and attended to, while at the same time focusing on the client’s thoughts and behaviours. She is well known for her interactive teaching style.</p> <p>In addition to her clinical work and teaching, Dr. Josefowitz has appeared in court numerous times as an expert witness in cases of childhood sexual assault, interpersonal violence and sexual harassment. Dr. Josefowitz was on the Council of the College of Psychologists for 9 years, and President of the College from 2001-2003. She has widely published in the area of cognitive behaviour therapy, trauma, women’s issues, forensic assessment, ethics and clinical psychology. Dr. Josefowitz is in the process of writing a self-help book for depression based on the principles of behavioural activation that will be published by New Harbinger. Dr. Josefowitz is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association.</p>