Dr. Stephanie Craig, PhD, C. Psych.
Assistant Professor and Clinical Psychologist
About Dr. Craig
Dr. Stephanie Craig is an Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph. She is also a registered Clinical Psychologist in Ontario working with children, adolescents, adults, and families.
Dr. Craig is interested in the development and treatment of severe behavioural and emotional problems in children and youth. She is particularly interested in the development of callous-unemotional (CU) traits (i.e., lack of empathy, callousness) in children and youth. Dr. Craig is working to understand the role of attachment and emotion regulation in the development of primary and secondary CU traits. Within this work, she collaborates with the Stop Now And Plan (SNAP) program at Child Development Institute. The ultimate goal of this line of research is to inform effective interventions for children and youth with primary and secondary CU traits.
Dr. Craig’s other line of research is focused on understanding the association between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on youth behaviour and emotional problems through an attachment lens. She is currently partnered with Syl Apps Youth Centre (SAYC), which is a secure inpatient psychiatric facility and part of Kinark Child and Youth Services. Within this work, she and her students are conducting a file review of youth attending Kinark dating back to 2012.
Dr. Craig was also the Primary Investigator on the Teens @ Home During COVID project. Alongside her Co-PI, Dr. Ames at the University of Victoria, and Big Brothers, Big Sisters Canada (BBBSC), Dr. Craig followed a cohort of adolescents from 2020-2021, including a sample of youth from BBBSC. They also conducted qualitative interviews with mentors and adolescent mentees to gain their perspective on their mentorship relationship pre- and post-COVID-19 restrictions. Dr. Craig and her colleagues’ objective was to understand how we can support healthy relationships that then act as a protective factor for adolescent behavioural and mental health problems during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Craig’s research has been funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canadian Foundations of Innovation (CFI), Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), and Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).
More about Dr. Craig
When she is not working, Dr. Craig enjoys paddling, hiking, and going for bike rides with her husband. She can also be found snuggling at home with her two cats.