Sandi James

Sandi James is a registered Psychologist and PhD student with more than 15 years working in mental health, eating disorder, and addiction treatment. She is a lived experience clinician and dedicates her career to working with clients who feel let down by current systems of care and treatment approaches. Her primary focus includes mental health and trauma recovery, with a particular focus on co-occurring
presentations including substance use or food and compulsive exercise related
difficulties.

Sandi has extensive experience working with individuals and families to heal and recover from trauma, addictions, eating disorders, and mental health conditions. She is dedicated to working with clients and families from an inclusive and person- centered approach to improve quality of life from a harm reduction, values-based, and functional perspective. She is a passionate and committed clinician and researcher
with more than 12 years’ experience working with contextual behavioral approaches.

Sandi is working toward her PhD, conducting qualitative research on experiences of eating disorder treatment: identifying, responding to, and addressing harm experienced throughout the treatment process.