EXPERIENCE

Registered Psychologist, Indigo Insight Counselling
January 2011 – present; Person-centered counselling for individuals, couples, and families.
Employee Assistance Provider (EAP/EFAP) - Return-to-Work Specialist, Substance Abuse Expert.

Disability Services Worker, Quest Support Services
August 2004 – May 2013; Providing care for individuals with disabilities and mental illnesses.

Group Co-Facilitator, Family Centre of Southwestern Alberta
September 2010 – September 2011; Supporting Father's Involvement (SFI) parent education and support group.

Art Instructor, Schizophrenia Society
September 2010 – June 2011; "Art Escapes" therapeutic group art activities

Addictions Counsellor, AADAC Youth Residential Treatment Centre
November 2009 – October 2010; Psycho-educational groups and support

Counselling practicum, Lethbridge Family Services
September 2008 – April 2009; Individual counselling; Group Co-Facilitation - grief support group and mandated offenders of domestic violence group.

Art Instructor, Youth Employment Program - Lethbridge College
January 2007 – April 2007; Instructed youth in various therapeutic art-making activities, and in developing interpersonal and communication skills.


EDUCATION

The University of Lethbridge, Master of Education, Counselling Psychology 2007 – 2010
  • Honor Roll, Great Distinction
  • Graduate research project "Quality of Life and Social Capital in Eco-Communities" funded by the J. Armand Bombadier Canadian Graduate Scholarship
  • Research Assistant, Sept. 2007 - April 2008, "Transformations of Psychosis"

The University of Lethbridge, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology 2000 – 2005
  • Honor Roll, Great Distinction
  • Recipient of several grants and scholarships
  • Undergraduate Thesis: "Sexual Reward as a Proximate Mechanism for Mounting in Female Japanese Macaques" funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). List of publications available upon request.
  • Co-op Work Experience and Applied Studies
  • Research Assistant, 2002-2005


RELATED TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS

  • Training and Supervision in Assessment & Diagnosis, including clinical interviewing and psychological report-writing; 2016-2017
  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, 2017
  • Suicide Assessment and Intervention within an EAP setting, 2017
  • Substance Abuse Expert, 2017
  • Family Systems Therapy, 2016
  • Healing and Treating Trauma & Addictions, 2014
  • Collaborative Problem-Solving (CPS) Approach to Working with Explosive Individuals, 2013
  • Crisis and Suicide Prevention and Intervention, 2013
  • Abuse Prevention and Reporting Protocol, 2012
  • Full-Body Awakening – Mind Body Integration, 2012
  • Gottman Couples Therapy, 2012
  • Depression Care, 2012
  • ThetaHealing Certification, Basic & Advanced, 2011
  • Supporting Father’s Involvement parenting group, Facilitator Training, 2011
  • Shamanism: Death, Dying, and Beyond, 2011
  • Introduction to Shamanism, 2011
  • Helping Professionals Create Resiliency in Youth, 2010
  • Strength-Based Counselling with At-Risk Children, Youth, and Families, 2010
  • AADAC Trauma-Informed Service, 2009
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, 2009
  • The Healing Power of Expressive Arts, 2008
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Office of Indigo Insight Counselling
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Nadine Duckworth, M.Ed., Heart-centered Psychologist