INDIGO INSIGHT COUNSELLING
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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
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egistered 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
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THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
(click on titles for further descriptions)

EMDR Therapy
Integrative, Holistic

Humanistic, Existential
Insight-Oriented Therapy
Trauma-Informed Therapy
Somatic Therapy
Hypnotherapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Attachment Therapy
Gottman Method Couples Therapy
Family Systems Therapy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Exposure Therapy

​LINKS

Facebook Business Page

Google Business Listing

Radio interview with Empire Broadcasting, 2016

Master's Thesis Research Project, "Quality of Life & Social Capital in Sustainable Intentional Communities", 2010  

Slideshow presentation - "When Issues become Emergencies: Assessment & Treatment of Spiritual Problems", 2009

Published journal article in "Ethology: International Journal of Behavioural Biology", 2008

Published journal article in "Behavioral Processes", 2008

Essay - "Existential Psychotherapy: Theory, Practice, & Research", 2007
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Published Journal article in the "Archives of Sexual Behavior", 2006

Telephone

Call or text   403-634-6609
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Email

indigoinsightcounselling@gmail.com
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