Maksuda Akter, M. Phil.

Ms. Maksuda Akter completed her M. Phil in Clinical Psychology from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Before moving to Canada, she worked in a range of settings including a community mental health, hospital settings, and private practice settings as a Clinical Psychologist. Ms. Akter is a registered Psychological Associate whose areas of practice include clinical psychology with adults. She has experience utilizing Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy into her work with clients. At CBT Associates, she provides empirically supported treatments for a number of mental health difficulties, including mood and anxiety disorders (e.g. depression, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder), PTSD, and stress-related conditions. Ms. Akter’s therapy style is compassionate but direct. She strives to provide a non-judgmental, collaborative, and safe environment for her clients to make therapeutic change. She believes in using evidence based treatments tailored to the individual client to decrease suffering and increase quality of life.