Kimberly L. Kreklewetz, Ph.D, R. Psych. #1941

Dr. Kreklewetz is a registered psychologist who works with adults and adolescents. Her primary clinical areas of interest include stress and anxiety, depression, PTSD, and substance use issues. She is a registered provider with Medavie Blue Cross, and her client base includes veterans, RCMP members, and other first responders. Dr. Kreklewetz also enjoys working with the university student population.

Dr. Kreklewetz grew up in Kelowna and completed her Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at the University of British Columbia–Okanagan (UBCO). She then relocated to the Lower Mainland to pursue graduate training opportunities at Simon Fraser University (SFU), where she received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, with a focus on forensic psychology. Dr. Kreklewetz completed her year-long pre-doctoral internship with Alberta Health Services in Calgary, during which time she worked in the areas of adolescent addictions, rehabilitation/neuropsychology, and both adolescent and adult forensic settings.

Following her clinical training, Dr. Kreklewetz accepted a position on Vancouver Island with the Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission (FPSC), where she worked as the staff psychologist for the Nanaimo Regional Clinic from 2009 to 2014, providing assessment and treatment services to adult clients referred by the courts and probation services. In May 2014, Dr. Kreklewetz returned to the Okanagan to establish a full-time private practice. Dr. Kreklewetz was a clinical faculty member with the UBC–Okanagan Psychology Department from 2019 to 2023. In this capacity, she was the lead psychologist and supervisor for the university's free Walk-in Well-Being Psychology Clinic and also taught graduate-level courses in the Clinical Psychology Program. Dr. Kreklewetz transitioned to adjunct faculty status with UBCO and joined WorkSafeBC as Manager of Psychology Services in January 2023. She currently divides her time between her position with WorkSafeBC and assessment work in her private practice, including conducting forensic risk assessments on a contract basis for Forensic Psychiatric Services and pre-employment psychological suitability evaluations for the Calian Group Ltd. She continues to provide clinical supervision to graduate students through her Adult Forensic Assessment Practicum (UBCO) and the WorkSafeBC Practicum (UBC Vancouver, SFU, UVic).