Larissa Rossen, PhD, RCC

Assistant Professor of Counselling Psychology

Larissa Rossen is a core faculty member in the MA Counselling Psychology Program at Trinity Western University. Her research interests span the early developmental years and focus on perinatal mental health, perinatal loss and grief, maternal identity, maternal attachment and bonding, emotional availability, family systems, and development.  She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor in private practice in West Vancouver, BC, where she predominantly uses the Internal Family Systems (IFS) modality. Please refer to her practice website for more information: be-counselling.ca

 

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Developmental Psychology (University of New South Wales, Australia)
  • Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology (Trinity Western University, Canada)
  • Honours in Psychology (University of Sydney, Australia)
  • Bachelor of Science, Psychology (University of Sydney, Australia)

Expertise

Perinatal and maternal mental health, Maternal identity, Loss and grief and bereavement, Maternal bonding and attachment, Emotional availability, Family systems, Attachment theory, Childhood development, Childhood abuse and trauma, Internal family systems, Mental health, anxiety and depression, Longitudinal research, Quantitative and qualitative research. 

Awards & Honors

  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award, University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (2020-2022)
  • Graduate Valedictorian, Trinity Western University, British Columbia, Canada (2021)
  • Counselling Psychology Scholarship, Trinity Western University, British Columbia, Canada (2019-2020)
  • Society for Research in Child Development International Travel Award, Society for Research in Child Development, United States (2017)
  • University of New South Wales Postgraduate Research Travel Award, University of New South Wales, Australia (2015)
  • Best Research Poster Judges Award, University of New South Wales, Australia (2014)
  • PhD Top-up Scholarship Award, Australian Centre for Perinatal Science (ACPS) (2013-2015)
  • Four-year PhD Scholarship, University of New South Wales, Australia (2012-2016)
  • Australian Youth Ambassador for Development (AYAD), The Federal Australian Government and Australian AID (2010)
  • President’s Award (Courage and bravery during a life rescue of a woman), Royal Surf Life Saving Australia (2000)

Recent Publications

Selected Publications:

  • Opie, J., Hartley, E, Rossen, L., Painter, F., Booth, A., McIntosh, J., (2023). Initiating the dialogue between infant mental health and family therapy: A qualitative inquiry & recommendations. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 00:1-28. https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.1569.
  • Rossen, L., Oh, E., Mathew, D. (2023). Career Development of Working Mothers: Helping and Hindering Factors in Doing Well during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Canadian Journal of Career Development.
  • Rossen, L., Opie, J. E., & O’Dea, G. (2023). A Mother’s Voice: The Construction of Maternal Identity Following Perinatal Loss. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228231209769.
  • Chan, B., Rossen, L., Kwee, J. (2023). Voice of (m)otherhood: Listening to the experiences of single and childless women. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(12), pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231190847.
  • McBride, H., Kwee, J., Rossen, L. (2023). Existential Fulfillment in Maternal Health: Affirmation of Four Fundamental Motivations in Childbearing Women’s Experiences. Existencia: Journal on Existential Analysis, No. 37. https://existencia.icae.cl/2023/05/realizacion-existencial-en-salud-materna-afirmacion-de-cuatro-motivaciones-fundamentales-en-las-experiencias-de-las-mujeres-en-edad-fertil/?ing.
  • O’Dea, G. A., Youssef, G. J., Hagg, L. J., Francis, L. M., Spry, E. A., Rossen, L., ... & Macdonald, J. A. (2023). Associations between maternal psychological distress and mother-infant bonding: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 26, pp 441–452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-023-01332-1.
  • Venema, M., Klaassen, D, Kwee, J., Rossen, L. (2023). Grieving in Community: Accompanying Bereaved Parents. Journal of Community Psychology, 51(5), pp. 2246-2260. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23025.
  • Le Bas, G., Youssef, G., Macdonald, J., Olsson, C., Teague, S., Honan, I., McIntosh, J., Khor, S., Rossen, L., Elliott, E., Allsop, S., Burns, L., Mattick, R.P., Hutchinson, D., (2022). The Role of Antenatal and Postnatal Maternal Bonding in Infant Development. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(6), pp. 820-829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2021.08.024.
  • Lewis, C., Kwee, J., Rossen, L., & McDonald, M. (2021). Integrating Attachment Processes with Lifespan Integration Therapy: A Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design with an Adopted Child. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 15, pp. 131–148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-021-00395-5.
  • Rensch, C., Kwee, J., Rossen, L., & McDonald, M. (2021). Lifespan Integration Therapy with Trauma-Exposed Children: A Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 14(3), pp. 401-413. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-021-00359-9.  

A full list of Larissa’s publications can be found at Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dVgoLS0AAAAJ&hl=en

Affiliations & Memberships

  • Member, British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors
  • Member, The International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health
  • Member, Women’s Health Research Network, University of British Columbia

  • CPSY 506       Theories of Counselling
  • CPSY 518       Research Seminar
  • CPSY 613       Crisis Counselling