Abby Hershler

Abby Hershler graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies in 1995, University of Toronto with a Master of Arts in Sociology and Equity Studies in Education in 1998 and McMaster University with medical degree in 2004. She completed University of Toronto’s Psychiatry residency program in 2009 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada that July. Since that time, she has worked at Women’s College Hospital, currently focused on providing group and individual therapy to survivors of childhood trauma in the Trauma Therapy program. She also provides psychiatric support to the Native Men’s Residence (NaMeRes) shelter as a consultant through the Inner City Health Associates.  As an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, she enjoys supervising residents and medical students with an interest in working with and caring for marginalized and underserviced populations, as well as those developing foundational skills in relational psychodynamic and trauma-focused therapy.