Dr. Margo Rivera

Associate Professor

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Biography

Dr. Margo Rivera is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Queen's University, where she serves as the Director of Psychotherapy and Clinical Leader for the Personality Disorders Service at Providence Care-Mental Health Services. With over forty-five years of experience as a psychotherapist specializing in trauma, she has lectured extensively across Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Europe on topics such as psychotherapy, post-traumatic dissociation, and personality disorders. Dr. Rivera has authored two influential books: 'Alike Than Treating Severely Dissociative Trauma Survivors' published by University of Toronto Press in 1996, and 'Fragment Fragment: Feminist Perspectives Memory Child Sexual Abuse' from Gynergy Books in 1999. Her research includes a variety of published articles addressing the integration of empirically supported therapies for treating personality disorders and the mental health implications of segregation in prison settings.

Research Interests

Requirements for Queen's University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:88
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Honours Bachelor degree Background in Computing, Mathematics, Statistics, or Engineering
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Statement of Research Interest
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Two academic references
  • Transcripts
Specialization Notes

Department of Computing offers research-based, project-based, and course-based patterns.