The West Coast Team

Dr. Jill Robinson is a Registered Psychologist in British Columba (CHCPBC #2914) who specializes in the assessment and treatment of adults with mental health concerns. She specializes in treating OCD, anxiety, and related disorders. Dr. Robinson has training in assessing and diagnosing mental health disorders and using this information to create a collaborative treatment plan. She has experience working in community clinics, psychology training clinics, universities, hospitals, and private practice. 

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Dr. Robinson grew up in Saskatchewan and completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of Regina. She then relocated to Kelowna, BC to complete her Master's and doctoral training in Clinical Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Her research focused on cannabis use among youth and she currently explores psychedelics and cognition. She completed her Residency at the Mental Health Clinic in Regina, Saskatchewan, developing expertise in personality and psychodiagnostic assessment as well as individual and group therapy. Dr. Robinson's current research examines how people think about and use cannabis and psychedelics. 

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Dr. Robinson is also employed as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Victoria where she teaches courses on mental health and wellbeing, clinical psychology, and psychotherapy. In addition, she is the Director of the University of Victoria Psychology Training Clinic. 

 

In her free time, Dr. Robinson spends time walking and camping with her two Huskies, cycling, reading, golfing, and taking in the beauty of Vancouver Island.

Dr. St. Pierre was born and raised in the Yukon Territory, and later in Lake Country, BC. She completed her Masters and PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of British Columbia-Okanagan. Her graduate research focused broadly on the therapeutic use of psychedelics and cannabis for mental health and pain.

 

She completed her pre-doctoral residency with the Edmonton Consortium where she worked at the Edmonton Operational Stress Injury clinic, a Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic, the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital working with individuals after spinal cord injury and amputations, and at a geriatric inpatient hospital assessing patients for dementia. She also worked at a community-based mental health clinic treating individuals referred for anxiety, OCD, phobia, and adjustment to MS diagnosis.

 

She went on to complete a post-doctoral fellowship with MycoMedica Life Sciences PBC where she researched the use of psilocybin for women's health conditions with a focus on premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). She is now completing a federally-funded (SSHRC) post-doctoral fellowship with the BC Centre on Substance Use.

 

Dr. St. Pierre is a Registered Psychologist (CHCPBC #2923). She specializes in the assessment and treatment of adults experiencing a range of mental health concerns, with particular focus on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and working with first-responders and military. Her approach is evidence-based, collaborative, and tailored to each individual's unique goals and needs.