About

Parky H. Lau, Ph.D., received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Toronto, Canada. He is currently completing a postdoctoral fellowship in sleep heath and insomnia at Stanford University.

Parky has extensive clinical and research experience in the field of clinical psychology. He worked in the Sleep and Depression Laboratory as an assessor, therapist, and researcher on clinical trials providing cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia. As a researcher, Parky has published in peer-reviewed journals on mood, sleep health, and behavioural treatments of insomnia.

In terms of clinical work, Parky has completed several clinical practica at reputable teaching hospitals and medical institutions in Canada: St. Michael’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, and the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health. As such, he has worked with a number of patients presenting with different psychological challenges: depression, substance use, chronic insomnia, perinatal anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress, and emotion dysregulation.

“I recognize that research is sometimes written in a way that is less accessible to the community for whom the research is for, which is problematic because there’s a lot of useful information in the scientific literature that could be used by the general public to support their mental health.”

A short foreword below:

At Simply Mental Health, you’ll be able to learn more about mental health and psychological disorders in an easy to understand and (hopefully) enjoyable way. It’s also a place for you to obtain clinical skills and techniques that psychologists usually provide to patients in therapy that you can add to your mental health toolbox.

I hope you find something here that is helpful and worthwhile in your mental health journey.“

Feel free to message and ask me a question!