Full Bio
Dr. Katelyn Bryant (Ph.D., C.Psych) is an experienced, compassionate, and highly trained Psychologist with a deep commitment to understanding and supporting complex children, youth, and their caregivers.
After receiving her 4-year Honours undergraduate degree in Psychology and Community Development at Western (Brescia University College), she completed 7 years of graduate training (MA/PhD) in the School and Clinical Child Psychology program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. This included 5 supervised practica (at sites such as the TDSB, Surrey Place Centre and Lumenus) and 1 full-year residency at the Reach Out Centre for Kids. After obtaining her doctorate, she completed an additional year of supervised practice serving as a clinical supervisor at Western's Child and Youth Development Clinic and the consulting Psychologist for the adolescent developmental-behavioural inpatient service at CPRI. She then passed the required knowledge, ethics, and oral examinations and registered as a Psychologist in Ontario.
Dr. Bryant’s graduate education focused on children and adolescents with on neurodevelopmental needs- including learning disability, ADHD, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and early emerging dysregulation (including anxiety, mood and behavioural challenges). Her main research expertise is in literacy development, screening, and intervention. She is published in Paediatrics and Child Health and her work has been featured in media outlets such as CBC News, the Toronto Star, Western News, and the Conversation.
Dr. Bryant prioritizes early assessment and intervention and parent support. She believes strongly in timely and sensitive response to parents' concerns about their children's learning, development, and mental health. She is specifically trained in parent/family work and centres this in service provision for children and youth. She has developed and led several parenting groups including Powerful Parenting Principles.
Dr. Bryant has a background in community development and a long history of (co-)developing and leading community-based initiatives. She was the founder and director of a girls leadership camp that ran for over 15 years before closing in 2025. She is a committed interdisciplinary collaborator with a strong belief in the importance of systemic change. Recent projects include the KIDI and Vanier Early Intervention projects, a collaboration to increase availability and scope of interdisciplinary Autism services, and a regional selective mutism service.
Dr. Bryant believes that quality Psychological Services should be culturally safe/responsive, anti-oppressive, and accessible to all. Thus, she strives for partnerships with underserved and equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous and francophone communities. She is a lifelong student of diversity who believes that thoughtful collaboration and consideration for people’s unique experiences and contexts is essential for insight and meaningful change.
Dr. Bryant is also an experienced educator who has delivered hundreds of lectures and workshops for families, undergraduate students, teacher candidates, graduate students and community professionals. She has attained the Dean's Honour Roll for both undergraduate and graduate teaching at Western.
In her current role as Assistant Director of the Mary J. Wright Child and Youth Development Clinic, she is a systems leader who has provided in-depth clinical supervision to over 50 Psychology Masters and PhD students to date.