Dr. David Kealy PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Psychiatry

Dr. David Kealy, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Psychotherapy Program at the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar, and a member of the UBC Men’s Health Research Program. His research interests include identity- and personality-related mental health difficulties, along with psychodynamic and integrative approaches to psychotherapy. He also teaches and maintains a private practice in psychotherapy.

First Author Publications

Title Authors Journal Publication date
Psychic pain among men: factor structure, psychosocial correlates, and mediation of social connectedness and suicidal ideation Kealy, D., Chartier, G. B., Walther, A., Rice, S. M., Seidler, Z. E., Oliffe, J. L., Ogrodniczuk, J. S. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Reflective functioning and men’s mental health: Associations with resilience and personal growth initiative Kealy, D., Rice, S.M., Seidler, Z.E., Oliffe, J.L., Ogrodniczuk, J.S. Stress and Health
Reduced emotional awareness and distress concealment: A pathway to loneliness for young men seeking mental health care Kealy, D., Seidler, Z., Rice, S., Cox, D., Oliffe, J.L., Ogrodniczuk, J., & Kim, D. (2021) Frontiers in Psychology
Social anxiety and suicidality among men: Examining the effects of loneliness and childhood trauma Kealy, D., Rice, S., Seidler, Z., Ogrodniczuk, J., & Oliffe, J.L. Current Psychology
Challenging assumptions about what men want: Examining preferences for psychotherapy among men attending outpatient mental health clinics Kealy, D., Seidler, Z. E., Rice, S. M., Oliffe, J. L., Ogrodniczuk, J. S., & Kim, D. Professional Psychology, Research and Practice
The Cost of Bottling it Up: Emotion Suppression as a Mediator in the Relationship Between Anger and Depression Among Men with Prostate Cancer David Kealy, John Ogrodniczuk, Zac Seidler, Linda Denehy, John Oliffe Cancer Management and Research

First Nations land acknowledegement

UBC VPRI acknowledges that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.

Reducing Male Suicide Research Excellence Cluster

Vancouver, BC Canada

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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