Anda Dragomir

Background

About Anda Dragomir

Dr. Anda Dragomir is a clinical psychologist working at Concordia University's Counselling and Psychological Services. Previously she held the position of postdoctoral research fellow at Concordia University, working with Drs Kim Lavoie and Simon Bacon at the Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre. Her research focuses on developing a behavioural change counselling training to improve physicians’ efficacy in addressing lifestyle changes in the context of chronic disease management. The training, entitled MOTIVATOR, has received Section 3 accreditation from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She is a representative of the Canadian Network for Health behaviour Change and promotion (CAN-Change), composed of health behaviour experts from across Canada. https://can-change.ca/. She has received extensive training in psychophysiology and behavioural trial design and development. In her clinical work, Dr. Dragomir favours a collaborative approach to psychotherapy, employing cognitive-behavioural theory to explore emotional, behavioural and relational patterns. Her clientele is composed of adults and individuals suffering from chronic pain and other chronic medical conditions. During her Master's she worked at the Montreal Heart Institute on projects examining the effects of psychological stress on physiological reactivity and cardiovascular diseases.