Office Location
856 York Research Tower
York University
4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ont., M3J 1P3

Kyle D. Killian, Ph.D., RMFT is Associate Professor and Research Faculty at the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University. A licensed couple and family therapist, Dr. Killian has 35 publications on topics such as intercultural/interracial couples, immigrant and refugee families, emotional intelligence, professional self-care, and trauma.

His co-edited volume Intercultural Couples: Exploring Diversity in Intimate Relationships is available from Routledge, and another book is in production at Columbia University Press, Crossing Borders: Interracial Couples, Intimacy & Therapy. A member of the editorial boards of Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, Journal of Systemic Therapies and The Qualitative Report, Dr. Killian enjoys teaching couples therapy, research methods, and stats, developing and validating assessment measures (e.g., traumatic stress, vicarious resilience), and writing film analyses.

Dr. Killian is a member of an interdisciplinary team conducting research on processes of violence and traumatic stress and delivering clinical interventions in low income neighbourhoods in the greater Toronto area.