Rob Aidelbaum
MA
Rob Aidelbaum is completing his PhD at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. Throughout his training, he has gained clinical experience through positions in the University of Toronto Health & Wellness Centre, the Sunnybrook Frederick Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre, St. Joseph’s Hospital’s Clinical Neuropsychology Service the Oshawa Psychological & Counselling Service Group.
He has experience working with adults presenting with a range of complex issues, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, interpersonal issues, and other difficulties. His focus has been in the delivery of scientifically-backed treatments.
Rob has working with individuals with OCD with a wide variety of different concerns. This includes obsessions and compulsions related to contamination, harm, sexuality, relationships and just right feelings. He works with individuals with OCD that experience mild, moderate and severe symptoms.
Typically, Rob’s approach to treatment follows the Cognitive Behavioural framework. He also uses Exposure and Response Prevention when working with individuals with OCD and anxiety. He will also frequently draw upon techniques and strategies from other orientations such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing. He also offers Inference-Based Cognitive Therapy (I-CBT) as an alternative and complementary approach to Exposure with Response Prevention.
Rob is also actively involved in clinical research focused on the clarification and rehabilitation of cognitive aspects of mental illnesses, which continually informs his clinical practice.
Within a non-judgmental and empathetic environment, Rob hopes to support clients in developing the skills necessary to become their own therapists while challenging patterns of thoughts and behaviors that are causing distress and limiting ongoing functioning.
When not working, Rob enjoys camping, canoeing, skiing, or reading a good book.
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Recent Scientific Publications
Aidelbaum, R., Jagtap, S., Rumas, R., Shamblaw., A. L., & Best, M. W. (Under Review). A structural equation modelling exploration of the role of schizotypal traits, cognitive schemas, and dysfunctional attitudes in loneliness and social engagement. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
Aidelbaum, R., Hodgins, D.C., & Goghari, V.M. (2023). A Family Study of Executive Function in Gambling Disorder. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 1 – 24.
Aidelbaum, R., & Goghari, V. (2022). A Visual Task-Based Assessment of Theory of Mind and Social Perception Within Bipolar Disorder. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 210(1), 37-44.
Aidelbaum, R., Labelle, A., Choueiry, J., & Knott, V. (2022). The acute dose and baseline amplitude-dependent effects of CDP-choline on deviance detection (MMN) in chronic schizophrenia: A pilot study. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 30(2), 235.
Aidelbaum, R., Shakeel, M. K., & Goghari, V. (2021). A self-report and behavioural assessment of impulsivity in bipolar disorder: Evidence of elevated trait but not behavioural facets. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 6, 100279.
Aidelbaum, R., Labelle, A., Baddeley, A., & Knott, V. (2018). Assessing the acute effects of CDP-choline on sensory gating in schizophrenia: A pilot study. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 32(5), 541-551.
Recent Presentations
Aidelbaum, R., Jagtep, S., Rumas, R., Shamblaw, A, L., & Best, M, W. (2023, May). Exploring the role of schizotypal traits, cognitive schemas, and dysfunctional attitudes in loneliness and social engagement. Poster Presented at the 2023 CACBT Conference, Halifax, NS.
Aidelbaum, R., Hodgins, D, C., & Goghari, V, M. (2021, April). A Family Study of Executive Function in Gambling Disorder. Poster Presented at the 2021 Alberta Gambling Research Institute Conference, Calgary, AB.
Aidelbaum, R., & Goghari, V. (Sept 2019). Impulsivity and Theory of Mind in Bipolar Disorder: Characterizing ability and predictive capacity for functioning. Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Buffalo, NY.
Aidelbaum, R., de la Salle, S., Piche, J., Duncan, B., Beaudoin, A., Choueiry, J., Impey, D., Nelson, R., Hyde, M., Rahmani, N., Knott, V. (June 2015). The effects of individual sensitivity to punishment and reward on sensory gating and its modulation with GABAergic agonists in healthy volunteers. Poster presented at the 38th annual Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology Conference, Ottawa, ON.
Aidelbaum, R., Smith, D., Choueiry, J., de la Salle, S., Impey, D., Heera, J., Nelson, R., Inyang, L., Beaudoin, A., Ilivitsky, V., Shlik, J., & Knott, V. (June 2014). Acute effects of Nabilone on sensory gating in healthy participants: A brain event-related potential study. Poster presented at the 6th annual Young Researchers Conference at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Center, Ottawa, ON.
Aidelbaum, R., Smith, D., Choueiry, J., de la Salle, S., Impey, D., Heera, J., Nelson, R., Inyang, L., Beaudoin, A., Ilivitsky, V., Shlik, J., & Knott, V. (June 2014). Acute effects of Nabilone on sensory gating in healthy participants: A brain event-related potential study. Poster presented at the Canadian Association for Neuroscience Meeting, Montreal, QC