BCPA Town Hall

Dr. Erika Horwitz

BCPA Board President Erika Horwitz earned her Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology from the University of British Columbia. She received the CPA award for excellence for her doctoral dissertation. Dr. Horwitz worked as Director of Counselling Services at Simon Fraser University (SFU) for 11 years and is currently in private practice in Metro Vancouver. During her tenure at SFU, she led an international, award-winning initiative to end stigma against mental illness in post-secondary settings (Hi F.I.V.E.). She is a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction certified teacher. She published the book: Through the Maze of Motherhood: Empowered Mothers Speak.