Dr. Pamela Holens
Lab Director
Pamela Holens, Ph.D., C. Psych., is a psychologist and the Clinical Director at the Winnipeg OSI Clinic. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Health Psychology and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Manitoba . Dr. Holens specializes in the assessment and treatment of Operational Stress Injuries in military, RCMP, and veterans. Her particular areas of specialization include trauma-focused treatments such as Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure Therapy and EMDR Therapy, as well as psychological treatments for chronic pain. In addition, she runs a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills group for individuals struggling with emotional dysregulation and other borderline personality traits. Over the past several years, she has been working on developing and evaluating an online treatment for chronic pain that is tailored for military and RCMP personnel, and she is currently running a RCT to evaluate the program’s efficacy. ​
Email: pholens@deerlodge.mb.ca​
Dr. Jeremiah Buhler
Research Coordinator
Jeremiah Buhler, Ph.D., C. Psych., is a consulting clinical psychologist with Southern Health–Santé Sud and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Manitoba. He specializes in psychological interventions for trauma and anxiety disorder, as well as developing group-based interventions. Dr. Buhler’s primary research interests focus on military and veteran mental health, virtual care delivery, and the accessibility of mental health services in rural settings. He has authored peer-reviewed publications on suicide risk factors, internet-based interventions, and innovative pain treatments for military personnel. Notably, he was the lead author of a randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention for chronic pain. His current research, conducted in collaboration with researchers from the Department of National Defence, examines the prevalence and correlates of sexual orientation-based harassment in the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Email: jeremiah.buhler@umanitoba.ca
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Graduate Students
- Martine Southall
Undergraduate Students
- Besher Kashalo
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- Melissa Van de rozenberg
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- Charli Siler
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​- Chloe McLeod
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- Ashley Anderson
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- Aidan Kamenz
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- Roxanne Ross
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Past Members
- Megan Crooks
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- Taylor Linsenmeier
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- Ian Kyte
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- Juanita Garcia
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- Brent Joyal
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- Michelle Paluszek
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- Catherine Desorcy-Nantel
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- Adair Libbrecht
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- Spenser Martin
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- Alyssa Romaniuk
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- Luigi Imbrogno
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- Liana Rock
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- Deborah Zacharias
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- Stephanie Yacucha