Alexa Fogel (she/her), MA

PhD4, Counselling Psychology

Research Interests: Interpersonal mindfulness; Mental health; Anxiety; Mindfulness and compassion-based interventions; Self-compassion

Biography: Alexa Fogel is a PhD4 student in the Counselling Psychology program. Alexa holds a BA hons. in Psychology from Concordia University and an MA in Counselling Psychology from McGill University. She has previously worked as a research assistant at the Concordia Infant Research Lab where she assisted in studies examining bilingual language development and volunteered for an active listening and crisis intervention line, where she worked as a training supervisor. Alexa’s CIHR funded Master’s research examined the scope of private psychotherapy practice in Quebec following the COVID-19 pandemic. Her current research interests include improving access to mental health services, anxiety disorders and how mindfulness can be used to manage symptoms of anxiety in social contexts. Alexa has completed clinical practicums at the McGill Psychoeducational and Counselling Clinic, Montreal Therapy Center and Connecte Montreal Psychology Group. She will begin a practicum at the Lester B. Pearson School Board in September 2026.

Supervisors: Dr. Bassam Khoury and Dr. Vera Békés

  • MA Counselling Psychology (Project Stream), McGill, 2023

    BA Honours Psychology, Concordia University, 2020

  • Fogel, A., Renaud, J., & Myhr, G. (2021, May). An examination of similarities and differences between social anxiety and avoidant personality disorder: Implications for cognitive behavioral therapy. Poster presented at The Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies Annual Conference, Montreal, QC.

     

    Fogel, A., Schott, E., & Byers-Heinlein, K. (2020, Apr.). How bilingual adults recognize words: The impact of cognates and mispronunciations. Poster presented at the Psychology Undergraduate Research Exposition, Montreal, QC.

     

    Fogel, A., Schott, E., & Byers-Heinlein, K. (2020, Mar.). How cognates impact bilingual adults’ understanding of speech. Talk presented at Psychoshorts, Ottawa, ON.

     

    Fogel, A., Schott, E., & Byers-Heinlein, K. (2020, Jan.). How bilingual adults recognize words: The impact of cognates and mispronunciations. Poster presented at the Center for Research in Human Development Annual Conference, Montreal, QC.

  • Funding:

    •  Graduate Excellence Fellowship, McGill University, $10,000, 2023–2024

    • Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s (CIHR), McGill University, $17,500, 2021–2022  

    • Graduate Excellence Fellowship, McGill University, $2,900, 2021–2022

    • Campaign for the New Millennium Scholarship, Concordia University, $1,000, 2019–2020              

     

    Awards:

    • Graduated With Great Distinction, Concordia University, 2020

    • Dean’s List, Concordia University 2016–2020

  • Email: alexa.fogel@mail.mcgill.ca