Dr. Wesley Buch, Ph. D., is a registered psychologist (#1186) who practices in the area of health and rehabilitation psychology. Following his internship in the Psychology Department, Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB), he continued to work there in criminal injury cases, complex case management and especially interdisciplinary rehabilitation. In 1996, he became Manager of the Pain Programs at WCB and supervisor of the Board’s provincial network of pain programs – all responsibilities that continued his interests in treatment innovation, outcome and quality assurance. In 1997, he co-founded Behavioural Health Care with Dr. Owen Garrett and, together, developed an individually tailored, cognitive-behavioural approach to disability management that emphasizes the home, community facilities and the workplace as rehabilitation clinic. Dr. Buch now provides formal psycho-legal assessments, treatment for pain, anxiety and mood disorders, and consultation services to the insurance and plaintiff lawyer communities. 

His research interests include the psychometric measurement of civilian Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, the assessment and treatment of pain-anxiety states associated with critical job demands (fully funded), and a neurobehavioural theory and treatment approach to MVA-related posttraumatic headache. His clinical interests include an individual/group approach to mood and adjustment disorders, a neurobehavioural approach to tinnitus, and a psycho-physiological approach to failing work return attempts.