Dr. Erica Tatham

Psychologist/Neuropsychologist (Adults, Seniors) - Burlington

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College of Psychologists & Behaviour Analysts of Ontario – Psychologist & Neuropsychologist

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Clinical Psychology
Clinical Neuropsychology

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About:

Dr. Erica Tatham is a psychologist and neuropsychologist providing psychotherapy and neuropsychological/psychological assessment to adults and seniors. Dr. Tatham completed her Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology at York University in 2022. She also completed a Masters in Clinical Psychology at York University and a Masters in Neuroscience at McMaster University.

Dr. Tatham’s primary areas of practice include neuropsychological assessment and psychotherapy. In assessment, she examines various conditions that effect the brain, such as traumatic brain injury, neurodegenerative disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and mental health conditions. In therapy, she values the opportunity to collaboratively explore an individual’s experience and provide a very supportive and non-judgmental space. Dr. Tatham uses an integrative style that includes emotion-focused, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural, and client-centered therapies.

Dr. Tatham has gained treatment (i.e. psychotherapy) and assessment experiences in a variety of clinical settings, including Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital (Epilepsy and Movement Disorders), the York University Psychology Clinic, and the Centre for Interpersonal Relationships. This training has provided her with fundamental knowledge on emotion processes and the relationship between brain and behaviour.

She was a recipient of the Vanier Graduate Scholarship, which is the most prestigious graduate scholarship in Canada, and is currently a member of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA).

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She/her

Publications:

Shaikh, K.T., Rich, J.B., Tatham, E.L., & Troyer, A.K. (2021). Examining the factor structure of the Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire. Memory, 29(2), 255 – 260. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2021.1874995

Shaikh, K.T., Tatham, E.L., Vandermorris, S., Paterson, T., Stokes, K., Freedman, M., Levine, B., Rich, J.B. & Troyer, A.K. (2021). The impact of memory change on everyday life among older adults: Association with cognition, self-reported memory, and strategy use. Journal of International Neuropsychology Society, 27(9), 896 – 904. doi: 10.1017/S1355617720001344.

Tatham, E.L., Shaikh, K.T., Vandermorris, S., Troyer, A., & Rich, J.B. (2019). Assessing one’s sense of feeling normal: Psychometric properties of the subjective normalcy inventory. Aging and Mental Health, 25(3), 567 – 574. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1699018

Shaikh, K.T., Tatham, E.L., Parikh, P.K., McCreath, G.A., Rich, J.B. & Troyer, A.K. (2018). Development and psychometric validation of a questionnaire assessing the impact of memory changes in older adults. The Gerontologist, 59(4), e248 – e257. doi: 10.1093/geront/gny011

Tatham, E.L., Hall, G.B., Clark, D., Foster, J. & Ramasubbu, R (2017). The 5-HTTLPR and BDNF polymorphisms moderate the association between uncinate fasciculus connectivity and antidepressants treatment response in major depression. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 267(2), 135 – 147. doi: 10.1007/s00406-016-0702-9

Tatham, E.L., Ramasubbu, R., Gaxiola-Valdez, I., Cortese,F., Clark, D., Foster, J. & Hall, G.B. (2016). White matter integrity changes in major depressive disorder: ramifications of 5-HTTLPR, BDNF gene polymorphisms and childhood trauma. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 253, 15 – 25. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.04.014

Tang, A., Beaton, E.A., Tatham, E.L., Schulkin, J., Hall, G. & Schmidt, L.A. (2016). Processing of different types of social threat in shyness: preliminary findings of distinct functional neural connectivity. Social Neuroscience, 11(1), 15 – 37. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2015.1030036

Oremus, C., Oremus, M., McNeely, H., Losier, B., Parlar, M., King, M., Hasey, G., Fervaha, G., Graham, A.C., Gregory, C., Hanford, L., Nazarov, A., Restivo, M., Tatham, E., Truong, W., Hall, G.B.C., Lanius, R., & McKinnon, M. (2015). Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on cognitive functioning in patients with depression: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Medical Journal Open, 5, e006966. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006966

Carew, C.L., Tatham, E.L., Milne, A.B., MacQueen, G.M. & Hall, G.B.C. (2015). Design and implementation of an fmri study examining thought suppression in young women with, and at-risk, for depression. Journal of Visual Experiments, 99, e52061. doi: 10.3791/52061

Carew, C.L., Milne, A.B., Tatham, E.L., MacQueen, G.M. & Hall, G.B.C. (2013). Neural systems underlying thought suppression in young women with and at-risk for depression. Behavioural Brain Research, 257(15), 13 – 24. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.09.016

Tatham, E.L., Schmidt, L.A., Beaton, E.A., Shulkin, J. & Hall, G.B. (2013). Processing of affective faces varying in valence, intensity, and discrepancy in shy adults: an event-related fmri study. Psychology and Neuroscience, 6(1), 57 – 65. doi: 10.3922/j.psns.2013.1.09

Oremus, M., Oremus, C., Hall, G., McKinnon, M.C., ECT & Cognition Systematic Review Team (2012). Interrater and test-retest reliability of quality assessments by novice student raters using the jadad and newcastle-ottawa scales. British Medical Journal Open, 2(4). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001368