Chelsea D. Beyer, PhD, Licensed Psychologist

Assistant Professor of Psychology; Co-Director of the Gender Studies Institute

Chelsea Beyer is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and co-director of the Gender Studies Institute at TWU. Her academic interests include body image and embodiment, eating disorder development, treatment, and prevention, and human sexuality and sexual health. Her current research includes a study, funded by a SSHRC Explore Grant, investigating women's experiences of embodiment and the role of sociocultural factors in vaginismus. She also is Licensed 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, Mental Health, Qualitative and Quantitative Research

 


 

Awards & Honours

  • SSHRC Explore Grant, Trinity Western University (2026-2027)

Recent Publications

Selected Publications

  • Peter, J., & Beyer, C. 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 (2025)
  • Beyer, C., & Launeanu, M. 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. (2018)
  • Launeanu, M., Beyer, C., & Bally, C. Conceptualizing and measuring embodiment: Lessons from 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. (2018)
     

Affiliations & Memberships

  • Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
  • Canadian Psychological Association’s Section on Women and Psychology (SWAP)
  • Licensed Psychologist, College of Health and Care Professionals of BC (CHCPBC; #1016063)

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