Profile
Liam has worked with the MacDonald Franklin OSI Research Centre since December 2022. After obtaining a BSc (hons.) at Acadia University, majoring in both Psychology and Biology, he completed his MSc in Psychotherapy at McMaster University in 2025. Liam has a keen interest in a variety of topics across clinical psychology and neuroscience and is dedicated to advancing our understanding and the effective application of innovative therapeutic approaches for trauma-related, mood, anxiety, and concurrent disorders. Particular interests of his include psychedelic-assisted therapies and transdiagnostic applications of ACT. Liam demonstrates his passion for these topics through both his research and psychotherapy practice. Through his time working with the Centre, Liam has been involved in several studies surrounding Veterans’ mental health, including topics such as moral injury, loneliness, military sexual trauma, military psychosocial dynamics, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
Recent publications
View all publications- Younger, W., St. Cyr, K., Gargala, D., Dempster, K., Ein, N., Nazarov, A., & Richardson, JD. · 2026Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health
- Forchuk, CA., Kocha, I., Granek, JA., Dempster, KS., Younger, WA., Gargala, D., Plouffe, RA., Bailey, S., Guest, K., Richardson, JD., & Nazarov, A · 2024Military Psychology
- Houle, SA., Ein, N., Gervasio, J., Plouffe, RA., Litz, BT., Carleton, RN., Hansen, KT., Liu, JJW., Ashbaugh, AR., Callaghan, W., Thompson, MM., Easterbrook, B., Smith-MacDonald, L., Rodrigues, S., Belanger, SAH., Bright, K., Lanius, RA., Baker, C., Younger, WA., Brémault-Phillips, S., Hosseiny, F., Richardson, JD., Nazarov, A. and the Atlas Institute Moral Injury Research Community of Practice · 2024Clinical Psychology Review
- Nazarov, A., Forchuk, CA., Younger, WA., Plouffe, RA., Trahair, C., Roth, ML., Tuka, A., Shirazi, ZA., Davis, BD., & Richardson, JD · 2024sychological Injury and Law
- Skorzewska, A., Younger, WA., Dempster, KS., Nazarov, A., & Richardson, JD · 2024Military Medicine