Experience

Currently working as a Clinical Psychologist in supervised practice online and in-person through the Centre for MindBody Health (cmbh.ca), I am also available independently for Webinars and Training in trauma informed care, addiction, adolescent, and family work and other topics, including attachment, parenting, and understanding behaviour as language.

I am the Dean of Psychology and Director of TEQ programs at the Adler Graduate Professional School. I co-taught Adler’s Graduate Trauma Certificate to Masters of Psychology students from 2016-2022.

I have worked with the Regional Municipality of York and the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research (CIFAR ). I am an experienced group facilitator in psycho-education for adolescents and adults.

My clinical experience includes being a Team Therapist and the Director of Family and Aftercare programming at the Pine River Institute, a residential treatment facility for adolescents aged 14-20 suffering from addictive behaviours and mental illness from 2017-2023.

I am proud to have an LGBTQ-friendly practice and am committed to serving this community with integrity and professionalism.

I respect, appreciate and have basic training in Indigenous ways of knowing and counselling and am committed to de-colonizing myself and my practice .

I have taken several trainings on counselling Culturally Diverse Clients and have an ongoing commitment to my learning and unlearning in this area.

I currently work under supervision at the Centre for MindBody Health in Toronto seeing adults, adolescents and parents.

Qualifications

I have completed training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

My  Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) training began with Waypoint in Midland and I have run several DBT groups over the years. In my current work at the Centre for Mindbody Health, I run an adult DBT skills group and give individual therapy to adolescents and adults, supervised by Dr. Shelley McMain.

My training in Polyvagal theory was with Deb Dana in Ottawa, and Toronto.

I use Satir family therapy and Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) attachment based work with my clients.

I created a group curriculum on addictive behaviours for adults and adolescents and am authoring a graphic book about shame.

Training Highlights….

• Ongoing DBT training with Dr. Shelley McMain at CMBH, including DBT-PTSD

• Two-Eyed Seeing and Indigenous Approaches to Trauma

• Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation: A Polyvagal Theory Guided Approach to Therapy

• Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery

• Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy