Dr. David Joubert received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Ph.D.) from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 2006, and has been practicing clinical psychology since 2003. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. He also completed a post-doctoral internship and worked as a psychologist at Napa State Hospital in California. He has also been a Guest Professor at the School of Psychology at: “University of the Pacific, Stockton, California”.
Dr. Joubert has been involved in research in the fields of correctional practice, attachment and family relationships, adolescent mothers, health psychology, and psychological assessment. He is currently involved in projects on the consequences of abuse and neglect for individual development, as well as on the professional development trajectories of correctional workers.
For over 10 years, he has offered psychological assessment and intervention services to adults in both French and English. He practices at Y2CP (2 days/week - 10 clients/week on average) and offers psychological assessment and psychotherapy services to adults, teens and families. He assesses the psychological and emotional aspects of adolescents and adults, from university students to employees of various companies, agencies and government departments.
Over the past 10 years, Dr. Joubert has carried out more than a hundred psychological assessments on adults, targeting psychological health (identification of psychological disorders), and assessing: 1. workers' fitness for work, 2. parental fitness/abilities, 3. adoption fitness, and 4. capacity and risk/dangerousness. In addition, he offers a variety of independent medical assessments to evaluate the health and psychological injuries of referred clients.
His expertise focuses on comprehensive psychological assessments (with various evaluation methods), risk assessments and mental health evaluations. He has developed expertise in the following fields: Mental Health and Fitness for Work, Psychological and Psycho-Legal Assessment, Clinical Intervention in Legal or Correctional Settings, Crime and Mental Disorders, Professional Development and Identity, Aggression Regulation in Sports, particularly Combat Sports (“Mixed Martial Arts”), Psychoanalytic Theories; and Object Relations.