Jelena King, Ph.D., C. Psych.

Dr. Jelena King is a licensed clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist with over 20 years of clinical experience in the public mental health system. Dr. King has been a psychologist at St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton since 2007 and holds a full-time academic appointment as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University. Over the course of Dr. King’s clinical training and professional work, she has integrated academic pursuits and teaching into her clinical practice. Dr. King places high value on the integration of evidenced based practice and science-informed care as guiding principles in her clinical and teaching practice. Dr. King’s therapeutic approach is CBT, interpersonally, and trauma informed, and she is actively involved in psychotherapy supervision and teaching within her academic program.

Dr. King obtained her Ph.D. in 2005 from the University of Waterloo and completed a clinical internship at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Schizophrenia Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Psychiatry Department at the University of Toronto.

You Lead Psychological Services was founded in 2023 to provide client-centered and tailored psychotherapeutic support within Dr. King's community more broadly. Dr. King has developed her practice with an overarching value of empowering her clients to move towards greater personal autonomy and freedom and work towards recognizing they are the experts of their lives. Through Dr. King's own personal experiences, she has learned the importance of self-compassion and forgiveness, recognizing that there is wisdom and perspective that can come from exploring our personal struggles, with safe and compassionate psychological support.