Dr. Elena Ivanova is a clinical psychologist registered in Ontario (C.Psych) who conducts Momwell’s ADHD and mental health assessments for adults living in Ontario. She earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology at McGill University in 2016 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia in 2020. Drawn to women’s health and women’s mental health, she joined Momwell to focus on how ADHD and mental health show up in women’s lives, including through motherhood.

Her clinical work focuses on adults living with anxiety, depression, anger, chronic pain and other chronic health conditions, along with health behavior change. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, emotion-focused therapy, motivational interviewing and mindfulness.

Dr. Ivanova works in English and Bulgarian. Outside of work, she spends as much time as she can in nature, trail running and reading in her hammock.

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Motivational Interviewing
• Mindfulness

• Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, McGill University (2016)
• Postdoctoral fellowship, University of British Columbia (2020)