Chelsea D. Beyer, PhD, RPsych

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Chelsea Beyer is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is a member of the Gender Studies Institute at TWU, and her academic interests include body image and experience of embodiment across the lifespan, eating disorder development, treatment, and prevention, and human sexuality and sexual health. She also is Registered Psychologist in private practice in Langley, BC.

•    PhD in Counselling Psychology (University of British Columbia)
•    MA in Counselling Psychology (Trinity Western University)
•    BA (Honours) in Psychology and BHK (Trinity Western University)
 

Expertise

Body Image and Embodiment, Human Sexuality and Sexual Health, Eating Disorders, Counselling Psychology

Recent Publications

Selected Publications
  • Peter, J., & Beyer, C. (2025). Navigating intersecting identities: Dimensions of religiousness/spirituality and sexual orientation predicting sexual distress among emerging adults. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 34(2), 227-237. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs-2024-0057
  • Beyer, C., & Launeanu, M. (2018). Poems of the past, present and future: Becoming a more embodied self in recovering from anorexia nervosa. In H. L. McBride & J. K. Kwee (Eds.), Healthy embodiment and eating disorders: Theory, research, prevention and treatment. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Launeanu, M., Beyer, C., & Bally, C. (2018). Conceptualizing and measuring embodiment: Lessons form a response process inquiry with women recovering from anorexia nervosa. In H. L. McBride & J. K. Kwee (Eds.), Healthy embodiment and eating disorders: Theory, research, prevention and treatment. New York, NY: Routledge.
     

Affiliations & Memberships

  • Member, College of Health and Care Professionals of BC

  • PSYC 301 Theories of Personality
  • PSYC 305 Psychopathology
  • PSYC 320 Tests and Measurement
  • PSYC 315 Psychology of Gender
  • PSYC 415 Human Sexuality