About
Dr. Raymond Shred
I have been privileged to live all over Canada. I was born in Winnipeg, grew up in Montreal, went to Graduate School in New Brunswick, did my pre-doctoral internship in Calgary, worked in Winnipeg and in several First Nations communities in Northern Manitoba, and lived and worked in Fort St. John, BC for almost 10 years. I finally arrived in Nanaimo about 7 years ago and it feels like I'm home again.
I live with my wife (who is a teacher), my son (who plays violin, basketball, and softball), my daughter (who plays piano, basketball, and softball), my dog (who plays whatever anybody wants), and my new cat (who plays whatever she wants). My children are now both in high school. My hobbies are mostly future-oriented. I would like to do more woodworking - all I need is more time and some talent. I often dream of boating around the Gulf Islands and the Inside Passage but first I need to get a boat.
I have worked in the field of psychology for over 20 years and I have been a Registered Psychologist in BC for over 13 years. My MA and PhD are from the University of New Brunswick. In the beginning, I specialized in Child Development and have found that background helpful in working with people of all ages. I have noticed that the adults with whom I work are all former children. I enjoy working both with individuals and with families.
I like to do assessments of individual learning for both children and adults; these assessments focus on identifying strengths and weaknesses. I also help to identify issues that could interfere with learning. These issues include Attention Deficit Hyperactivty Disorder and Auditory Processing Disorder as well as behavioural or emotional issues that could interfere with learning. I am really excited about being able to offer a treatment for attention problems that is psychologically based - the Cogmed Working Memory Training program; you can read more about the program by clicking on the link.
I enjoy conducting assessments that help to answer psychological and legal questions about personal injury, disability, and child custody.
In therapy, I help people identify the thoughts, feelings, or behaviour they want to change and help them to find a way to change. I have found that EMDR and biofeedback are both helpful tools to help people obtain a sense of peace within themselves. Many issues that bring people to therapy have their origins with how information about past events is stored in the brain.
We remember events in a variety of ways and some things can act as triggers to recall a particular memory. These triggers can be words, sounds, sights, voices, touches, or smells. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is an evidence-based treatment method that can help people to reduce the power of those triggers to evoke negative feelings.
For your information, I have listed the professional associations to which I belong:
- College of Psychologists of British Columbia (Registration Number 1268)
- Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology (Registration Number 5812)
- British Columbia Psychological Association
- Canadian Psychological Association
- American Psychological Association
- Division 42, Psychologists in Independent Practice
- Division 56, Trauma Psychology
- Association of Family & Conciliation Courts
- Central Vancouver Island Crisis Society
Also FYI, the pictures that are in rotation at the top of each page are of local sights in Nanaimo and on Vancouver Island. The photos were taken by me to show off our local flora, fauna, and geographic wonders. Nanaimo really is lovely.
