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TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS

EMDR Trauma Therapy (in training), 2023
Rewire Therapy: Hypnotherapy for Trauma, 2022
How to Work with a Client's Emotional Triggers, 2022
Practical Skills for Working with a Client's Anger, 2022
Working With Somatic Components to Overcome Trauma-Related Fears, 2021
Healing Traumatic Attachment and Borderline Personality Disorder, 2021
Shame and Self-Loathing in the Treatment of Trauma, 2021
Emotion-Focused Therapy: Couple Interventions in the Age of Attachment, 2021
Understanding and Treating Narcissistic Personality Disorder, 2020
Somatic Interventions for Treating Complex Trauma & Shame, 2020
Protecting Clients from Sexual Abuse and Misconduct, 2020
Treating Trauma: Master Series, 2019
Anxiety: New Interventions for Rapid & Effective Outcomes, 2019
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, 2018
Training and Supervision in Assessment & Diagnosis, including clinical interviewing and psychological report-writing; 2016-2017
Suicide Assessment and Intervention within an EAP setting, 2017
Substance Abuse Expert, 2017
Relapse Prevention, 2017
Anger Management, 2016
Family Systems Therapy, 2016
Substance Abuse Screening within an EAP setting, 2016
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, 2015
Disordered Eating: From Image to Illness, 2015
Conflict Transformation: Taking All Sides, 2015
Helping Clients Forgive, 2015
Emotional Integration, 2015
Depression Care, 2015
Healing and Treating Trauma, Addictions, & Related Disorders, 2014
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder, 2014
Helping Couples Achieve Greater Intimacy, 2014
Empowering Client's Need to Deepen Their Relationship to the Divine, 2014
Gottman Couples Therapy, 2013
Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach to Conflict, 2013
Crisis and Suicide Prevention and Intervention, 2013
Looking Forward: Dealing with Bereavement, 2013
Abuse Prevention and Reporting Protocol, 2012
Full-Body Awakening – Mind Body Integration, 2012
Solution-Focused Therapy, 2011
ThetaHealing Certification, Basic & Advanced, 2011
Supporting Father’s Involvement parenting group, Facilitator Training, 2011
Shamanism: Introduction to Core Shamanism (2011); Death, Dying, and Beyond (2011), Spirits of Nature (2012)
Suicide Assessment and Prevention, 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
Abuse Prevention & Response Protocol, 2006

EXPERIENCE

Director of Indigo Insight Counselling & Psychology, Inc., Jan. 2011 - present
Registered Psychologist, Jan. 2018 – present

counselling for adults, adolescents, couples, and families
EMDR Therapist (in training)
assessment, diagnosis, psychological report-writing
WCB and insurance claims

Certified Counsellor, June 2010 - Jan. 2018

counselling for adults, adolescents, couples, and families
EAP Return-to-Work Specialist, Substance Abuse Expert, Depression Care Expert
group therapy, workshops, and social networking
Creator and Facilitator of "Art Alchemy" transformational art workshops
Creator and Administrator of "Lethbridge Lightseekers" spiritual community network

Disability Services Worker, Quest Support Services, Aug. 2004 – May 2013

providing care for adults and youth with disabilities and mental illnesses

Group Facilitator, Family Centre, Sept. 2010 – Sept. 2011

Co-Facilitator of "Supporting Father's Involvement" parenting education and support group

Volunteer Art Instructor, Schizophrenia Society, Sept. 2010 – June 2011

Creator and Facilitator of "Art Escapes" therapeutic group art activities for individuals with Schizophrenia

Addictions Counsellor, AADAC Youth Treatment Centre, Nov. 2009 – Oct. 2010

psycho-educational groups and counselling support for youth in treatment

Counselling practicum, Lethbridge Family Services, Sept. 2008 – Apr. 2009

counselling adults (under supervision)
Co-facilitated "Sharing Our Loss" grief support group, and "Accountability for Change" mandated offenders of domestic violence group

Therapeutic Art Instructor, Youth Employment Program - Lethbridge College, Jan. 2007 – Apr. 2007

Co-facilitated youth in various therapeutic art-making activities, and in developing interpersonal and communication skills

EDUCATION

University of Lethbridge, Master of Education, Counselling Psychology, 2007 – 2010

Honor Roll, Great Distinction (throughout)
Graduate Thesis and 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 (throughout)
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). See "Links" for list of publications.
Co-op Work Experience: research and field studies in Japan, Nov. - Dec. 2003
Applied Studies: Research Assistant in three different labs, 2000 - 2005