Somayyeh Mohammadi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Counselling Psychology | Counselling Psychology: School + Youth
Vancouver
“Teaching has been my interest and passion since I was an undergraduate student. I have always encouraged students to engage with the course materials meaningfully.”
MEMBERSHIPS + ASSOCIATIONS
- July 2022 – Present: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), recognized for attaining the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) for teaching and learning
- Jan. 2019 – Present: Member, British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC)
PUBLICATIONS + PRESENTATIONS
Publications
Pandemic-related experiences of older adults and people with disabilities
2025
PLOS ONE, 20(6), e0325306
Author(s):
Mortenson, W. B., Esfandiari, E., Mohammadi, S., Sakakibara, B., Schmidt, J., Simpson, E., Chan, J., Reid, H., Rash, I., Brooks, E., Tao, G., Krahn, Q., Irish, J., Forwell, S., Backman, C., Borisoff, J., Ketter, N., Yu, N., and Miller, W. C.
Co-developing a novel intervention to promote the wellbeing of family caregivers of individuals with spinal cord injury: Research protocol
2025
JMIR
Author(s):
Mohammadi, S., Erlander, B., Cathcart, H., Robillard, J. M., Whitehurst, D. G. T., Pauly, E., Pagé, B., Sauvageau, S., and Miller, W. C.
The Hip Instructional Prehabilitation Program for Enhanced Recovery (HIPPER) as an eHealth approach to presurgical hip replacement education: Feasibility randomized controlled trial
2025
International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing
Author(s):
Mohammadi, S., Westby, M. D., Schneeberg, A., Watson, W., Dhariwal, A., Simpson, S., and Miller, W. C.
Patient-centered perspectives: A qualitative evaluation of the Hip Instructional Prehabilitation Program for Enhanced Recovery (HIPPER)
2025
PLOS ONE, 20(4), e0322114
Author(s):
Dhariwal, A., Mohammadi, S., Simpson, E., Westby, M. D., Watson, W., and Miller, W. C.
Evaluating the role of social media in providing support for family caregivers of individuals with spinal cord injury
2023
Spinal Cord
Author(s):
Cathcart, H. F., Mohammadi, S., Erlander, B., Robillard, J., and Miller, W. C.
Living through the pandemic with a disability: A longitudinal qualitative study
2023
Disabilities, 3(3), 307–318
Author(s):
Chan, J., Mohammadi, S., Esfandiari, E., Schmidt, J., Mortenson, W. B., and Miller, W. C.
Resilience Practices among a Broad Spectrum of Individuals with Physical Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Photo Elicitation Study
2023
Journal of Community Psychology
Author(s):
Singh, G., Battalova, A., Miller, W., Simpson, E., Rash, I., Mohammadi, S., Gordon, T., Chan, J., and Mortenson, B.
Quality of Physical Activity Participation Among Adults with Disabilities Through Pandemic Restriction
2023
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 90(2), 161–172
Author(s):
Tao, G., Singh, G., Simpson, E., Battalova, I. A., Rash, I., Mohammadi, S., Schmidt, J., Borisoff, J., Mortenson, B., and Miller, C. M.
Family caregivers’ perspectives on their experience and education when caring for individuals after total joint arthroplasty
2023
Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics
Author(s):
Ngan, J., Neil, E., Miller, W. C., and Mohammadi, S.
Reliability of Conducting The 30-Second Chair Stand Test Virtually Among Individuals with Osteoarthritis
2022
Archives of Rheumatology & Arthritis Research, 2(4)
Author(s):
Simpson, E., Mohammadi, S., Miller, W. C., Yu, N., Watson, W., Spillane, A., and Westby, M. D.
‘One Step at a Time, One Day at a Time’: Life Profiles of Individuals with Disabilities across the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic
2022
Disabilities, 2(4), 736–749
Author(s):
Mamman, R., Mohammadi, S., Rash, I., Esfandiari, E., Miller, W. C., Mortenson, W. B., and Schmidt, J.
Describing the Function, Disability, and Health of Adults and Older Adults during the Early Coronavirus Restrictions in 2019: An Online Survey
2022
Disabilities, 2(4), 575–587
Author(s):
Derakhshan, P., Miller, W. C., Borisoff, J., Esfandiari, E., Forwell, S., Jarus, T., Mohammadi, S., Rash, I., Sakakibara, B., Schmidt, J., Tao, G., Tregobov, N., and Mortenson, W. B.
‘Make the Most of the Situation’. Older Adults’ Experiences during COVID-19: A Longitudinal, Qualitative Study
2022
Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(10), 2205–2213
Author(s):
Brooks, E., Mohammadi, S., Mortenson, W. B., Backman, C. L., Tsukura, C., Rash, I., Chan, J., and Miller, W. C.
The Mediating Role of Illness Cognitions in the Relationship between Caregiving Demands and Caregivers’ Psychological Adjustment
2022
The Clinical Journal of Pain, 38(4), 257–263
Author(s):
Akbari, F., Mohammadi, S., Dehghani, M., Sanderman, R., and Hagedoorn, M.
A qualitative study on prehabilitation before total joint arthroplasties: Integration of patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives
2021
Disabilities, 1(4), 361–376
Author(s):
Mohammadi, S., Reid, H., Watson, W., Crocker, M., Robillard, J. M., Westby, M., and Miller, W. C.
Feasibility of the Hip Instructional Prehabilitation Program for Enhanced Recovery (HIPPER) intervention protocol: An eHealth approach for pre-surgical hip replacement education: A protocol of an RCT
2021
JMIR Research Protocol, 10(7), e29322
Author(s):
Miller, W. C., Mohammadi, S., Wendy, W., Crocker, M., and Westby, M.
The Role of eHealth Tools on Patients’ Outcomes after Total Hip and Knee Replacement: Systematic Review
2021
Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2
Author(s):
Mohammadi, S., Miller, W. C., Pawliuk, C., and Robillard, J. M.
Interpretations of partners’ responses to pain behaviours: perspectives of patients and partners
2021
British Journal of Health Psychology, 26, 401–418
Author(s):
Akbari, F., Mohammadi, S., Dehghani, M., Goubert, L., Sanderman, R., and Hagedoorn, M.
The impact of COVID-19 related restrictions on social and daily activities of parents, people with disabilities and older adults: Protocol for a longitudinal, mixed-methods study
2021
JMIR Research Protocol, 10(9)
Author(s):
Reid, H. M., Miller, W. C., Esfandiari, E., Mohammadi, S., Rash, I., Tao, G., Simpson, E., Leong, K., Matharu, P., Sakakibara, B., Schmidt, J., Jarus, T., Forwell, S., Borisoff, J., Backman, C., Alic, A., Brooks, E., Chan, J., Flockhart, E., Irish, J., Tsukura, C., Dispirito, N., and Mortenson, W. B.
Why do patients engage in pain behaviors? A qualitative study examining the perspective of patients and partners
2020
Clinical Journal of Pain, 36(10), 750–756
Author(s):
Akbari, F., Dehghani, M., Mohammadi, S., Goubert, L., Sanderman, R., and Hagedoorn, M.
Presentations
Assessing needs and co-designing interventions to promote the well-being of family caregivers of individuals with spinal cord injury
2024
2024 Rehabilitation Psychology Conference – Austin, Texas
Author(s):
Mohammadi, S., Cathcart, H., Erlander, B., Whitehurst, D. G. T., Robillard, J. M., & Miller, W. C.
“You take what you can get”: Older adults’ experiences of occupational transition during the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
World Federation of Occupational Therapists – Paris, France
Author(s):
Brooks, E., Mohammadi, S., Mortenson, W. B., Backman, C., Tsukura, C., Rash, I., Chan, J., & Miller, W. C.
Patient and clinician perspectives on hip/knee eHealth prehabilitation education
2021
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists National Virtual Conference – Virtual
Author(s):
Reid, H., Mohammadi, S., Westby, M., Crocker, M., Watson, W., Robillard, J. M., & Miller, W. C.
What do patients think of their preoperative education before Total Hip Replacement Surgery
2019
Scholar Rounds – Vancouver, Canada (Invited)
Author(s):
Mohammadi, S.
What do patients think of their preoperative education before Total Hip Replacement Surgery
2019
ICORD Trainee Seminars – Vancouver, Canada (Invited)
Author(s):
Mohammadi, S.
Investigating the impact of chronic pain on the well-being of patients with chronic pain and their family members
2018
GF Strong Research Education Round – Vancouver, Canada (Invited)
Author(s):
Mohammadi, S.
The role of pain behaviors in the link between patients’ pain catastrophizing and partners’ burden
2017
Crossroad Conference – Halifax, Canada
Author(s):
Mohammadi, S., Chambers, C. T., & Rosen, N. O.
Pain catastrophizing and pain intensity: A moderated mediation model
2015
4th Annual Association for Researchers in Psychology and Health Conference – Ghent, Belgium
Author(s):
Mohammadi, S., Dehghani, M., Sanderman, R., & Hagedoorn, M.
Caregivers’ responses: Do they moderate the relationship between pain intensity and pain behaviors?
2014
13th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine – Groningen, The Netherlands
Author(s):
Mohammadi, S., Dehghani, M., Sanderman, R., & Hagedoorn, M.
Caregivers’ attentional bias to pain: Does it affect caregivers’ accuracy in detecting patients’ pain behaviors?
2014
3rd Annual Conference of the Association for Researchers in Psychology and Health – Groningen, The Netherlands
Author(s):
Mohammadi, S., Dehghani, M., Sanderman, R., & Hagedoorn, M.