Dr. Gina Wong is a psychologist, professor emeritus, and perinatal mental health forensic expert witness living in Alberta, Canada. She is a founding member of the Postpartum Support International Canada and is an active member of the International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health. She is actively involved with the Reproductive Mental Health Forensics SIG | The International Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health).
Gina has researched and published about Reflective Functioning JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting – Advancing Optimal Development in Children: Examining the Construct Validity of a Parent Reflective Functioning Questionnaire and is trained in the Circle of Security (COS) Intensive protocol as a Level I COSP Facilitator. The COS is an attachment-based and relational approach to parenting including generational patterns. She developed a trauma-informed, life-course clinical approach to working with parents suffering from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), attachment struggles within couple and parent-child relationships, and takes an integrative approach in working with relational trauma. The TRREE of Life Leadership & Legacy | Ginawong (wixsite.com) is the model based on the culmination of her 22 years of clinical practice.
She edited Moms Gone Mad: Motherhood and Madness- Oppression and Resistance (Wong, 2012); Mothering in East Asian Communities: Politics and Practices (Duncan & Wong, 2014); and Infanticide & Filicide: Foundations in Maternal Mental Health Forensics (Wong & Parnham, 2021).
They are a relational-based supervisor and consultant, as well as an award-winning psychologist (Psychologists’ Association of Alberta (PAA) Excellence in Teaching and Supervision 2025; Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Award for Public Community Service, Human Rights, and Social Justice in Psychology 2024; Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association Leadership Award 2022; PAA Psychologist of the Year 2022). Gina is registered in the province of Alberta, Canada and practices outside her jurisdiction with clear and transparent understanding with regard to limits in providing supervision and consultation particularly regarding child abuse, domestic violence, or legal issues. She welcomes working with others in the spirit of collaboration and connection and looks forward to connecting via video conferencing (ZOOM) meetings.
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