EDUCATION AND TRAINING

About Me
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I hold a Master's in Counselling Psychology from the University of Victoria (2012). I am a member in good standing of the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC #11659). My undergraduate degree was in English and Creative Writing, and I am also a singer-songwriter. 
 
Recent Training
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• Emotionally-Focused Family Therapy, Level 2, 2024, Gail Palmer
Flash Technique, EMDR, Ricky Greenwald, 2023
• Lifespan Integration Therapy Level 1, 2 & 3, 2023, Kelly Adler
• Caregiver Block Chair Work, EFFT, Adele LaFrance, 2022
• Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Frank Anderson, 2022
• EMDR in the Treatment of Chronic Pain, Mark Grant, 2022
• Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS) Training, Shirley Jean Schmidt, 2021
• Treating Dissociative Disorders with EMDR Therapy, Dolores Mosquera, 2020
• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Basic Training, 2019
• Emotionally-Focused Family Therapy, Level 1, 2019, Gail Palmer
• Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in Teens (MBSR-T), "Stressed Teens", 2018
• Self-Injury Behaviour in Youth, Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute, 2018
• Emotion-Focused Family Therapy Workshop, Gail Palmer, 2018
• Affirmative Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, OHSU Portland, Laura Edwards-Leeper, 2017
• Dignity and Resistance Conference: Response-Based Practice Training, 2017
• Speaking to the Hearts of Men: Applying AEDP with Gender in Mind, 2017
• Mindful Schools, Educator Essentials, 2016
• Mindful Schools, Mindfulness Fundamentals, 2016
• Heart-Mind Conference, Dalai Lama Centre, Vancouver, 2016
• CBT and DBT Clinical Skills Conference, 2016
• "We are the Tools of our Trade": How Therapists own Attachment Styles Shape Therapy, David Wallin, 2015
• Transgender Hormone Readiness Training, Gail  Knudson, M.D., 2014
• Erase Bullying Levels 1 & 2, Safer Schools Together, 2014
• MindUp, Hawn Foundation, 2013
• Friends for Life, MCFD, 2013
• Couples Counselling Training, Lilli Ruth  Rosenberg & Arla  Sinclair, 2013
• Therapeutic Conversations X, Vancouver  School for Narrative Therapy, 2012
• Questions about Questions in Narrative  Therapy Practice, Stephen Madigan, 2012