about the doctor - dr. evans

Diane Evans, Ph.D. is a Registered Psychologist in private practice in Southwest Calgary with over ten years experience in counselling, education and volunteer experience in psychology.

The topic of Diane’s doctoral research was The Experience of Anticipatory Grief Among Individuals Living with Cancer, Their Primary Caregivers, and Families. Individuals participating in Hospice Calgary’s Living with Cancer day program were interviewed in order to gain insight into their hopes, fears, and challenges of living with palliative cancer. Their primary caregivers and family members were also interviewed in order to gain insight into the systemic impact of a terminal diagnosis and the multi-dimensional nature of grief as a response (physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and socially) to change and loss.

Dr. Evans has presented workshops and has presented her research at a number of conferences.

In addition to experience in traditional psychological practice, Dr. Evans is a Reiki practitioner and is experienced in mindfulness meditation, guided meditation, and has a keen interest in consciousness studies. This interest is accompanied by extensive training and experience in the use of binaural beats/hemispheric synchronization in the exploration of consciousness as taught by facilitators at The Monroe Institute.

Dr. Evans is a member of the College of Alberta Psychologists and the Psychologists' Association of Alberta.

Diane has been associated with Hospice Calgary in a volunteer capacity since 2001 and more recently volunteers in the Living with Cancer day program.