Marla Buchanan

Wall Associate

Title

Professor

Department/School

Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education

Faculty

Education

University

UBC

Dr. Marla Buchanan is a Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. She is a faculty member in the Counselling Psychology Program and an Associate Member of the Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine at UBC.

Her research interests are in the field of traumatic stress studies. She has conducted a national survey on secondary traumatization among health care providers in Canada. She has worked internationally providing trauma treatment and psycho-educational services regarding traumatic stress reactions. She currently teaches and is a clinical supervisor of masterial and doctoral students in the Counselling Psychology Program at UBC.