Press kit

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Short biography

Dr. Marie Claire Bourque is a psychiatrist, author and speaker. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine and a Clinical Instructor at UBC. She practises psychiatry with Interior Health in Kelowna and runs a referral-based virtual practice in British Columbia. She was Director of Mental Health for a professional hockey organization and its development affiliate from 2018 to 2026. She founded Limbus Health and co-authored The Psychology of High-Performance Sports Organizations: Culture, Safety, and Leadership with Madeline Antony (Routledge, 2026). Her first degree is in kinesiology.

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Interview topics

What I can talk about.

The press topics follow the same current questions as the Writing and Speaking pages. General interviews stay general; individual clinical questions belong in clinical care.

Adult ADHD

Why is starting so hard when you already know what to do?

A score can't tell you why starting is hard. I look at what a real assessment actually weighs—and what smart design can quietly remove.

adult ADHD assessment · executive function · neurodiversity and work design

Mental health and ACT

What if you don't have to feel better first?

ACT, the way I actually use it: feelings get room, values get the wheel, and nobody is told to smile through what hurts.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy · psychological flexibility · chronic illness and mental health

AI in mental health

What should AI organize—and what must remain clinical judgment?

I build clinical AI and I'm a psychiatrist, so I hold both sides of this: software can organize evidence. Judgment—and responsibility—stay human.

AI in mental health · clinical AI governance · Limbus Health founder perspective

High-performance athletes

What makes an exceptional athlete better—without making them smaller?

High standards and a whole human being are not opposites. The interesting work is keeping performance support honest without shrinking the person delivering it.

elite athlete mental health · safe sport · performance and identity

High-performance organizations · the Routledge book

Can the truth travel when the stakes rise?

Whether bad news can move early enough to matter—and how leaders keep candour and standards in the same room.

psychological safety · high-performance sports organizations · Routledge book

Fact-checking

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UBC publishes its current role listing. Routledge publishes the book record. Limbus publishes its own product status. Founder experience is not validation evidence, and company status is not regulatory authorization.

Photography and speaker kit

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A headshot, two press photographs and a four-page speaker kit, free to use for coverage and event materials about Dr. MCB. No credit line is required. Please do not crop the photographs into a different meaning or use them for anything else without asking.

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Dr. Marie Claire Bourque standing among blue seats in an empty auditorium
Portrait, theatre

Book and company information

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