Alexis Arbuthnott, Ph.D., R.D.Psych

Alexis Arbuthnott, Ph.D., R.D.Psych., is a clinical psychologist with the Saskatchewan Health Authority in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. She received her doctoral degree through the Clinical Psychology: Applied Developmental Emphasis program at the University of Guelph in 2018. She has experience providing psychological assessments and interventions with children, adolescents, emerging adults and families across the continuum of outpatient, acute inpatient, and residential care. Dr. Arbuthnott's current position with the Saskatchewan Health Authority is on the Adolescent Psychiatry Unit at the Regina General Hospital. Here she is involved in direct client care within a multidisciplinary inpatient team, she supervises clinical psychology graduate students and psychiatry residents, and she provides consultation to other mental health professionals and community agencies. She is also an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Arbuthnott has taught courses in personality psychology at the undergraduate level, she has published multiple research articles and presented on the topics of nonsuicidal self-injury and equipping parents to support youth with complex mental health needs, and she is an author in The Handbook of Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children: Theory, Research and Clinical Applications edited by Ana Gomez and Jill Hosey. She is currently conducting research on trauma and dissociation among youth within an inpatient setting. She also volunteers her time on several ISSTD committees and special interest groups, including the Child and Adolescent Treatment Guidelines Workgroup, and she is the current editor of ISSTD News. With these platforms, she is a strong advocate for compassionate and collaborative trauma-informed care.

Dr. Fiyin Peluola

Dr. Fiyin Peluola is a practicing Child and Adolescent psychiatrist in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dr. Peluola completed his Doctor of Medicine through the All Saints University School of Medicine in 2016, following which he completed both his residency in general psychiatry and fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry through the University of Saskatchewan. His current practice is based in Regina, Saskatchewan, where he splits his time between inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Peluola’s clinical interests include psychosis, neurodevelopmental disorders, and acute inpatient mental health care.

Dr. Peluola has a strong interest in training future clinicians. He is an Associate Professor with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan, he serves as the assistant site director for the Regina Psychiatry Residency Program, is an academic advisor for undergraduate medical students, and is a CanReach faculty member. He is also engaged in conducting research on trauma and dissociation among youth within an inpatient setting.

For leisure, Dr. Peluola is learning how to play golf and loves perusing grocery stores for ingredients to use in his culinary exploits. He is happily married to a fellow physician who also practices in Regina. They are proud parents to a baby boy named Nathaniel and a 6-year-old Shiba Inu.