Credentials

Education

  • Master of Social Work, University of Windsor, 2019

  • Master of Education, OISE / University of Toronto, 2012

  • Bachelor of Education, OISE / University of Toronto, 1992

  • Honours Bachelor of Arts, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1990

Registration

  • Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers: OCSWSSW Reg. #833743

  • Ontario Association of Social Workers: OASW ID #16980

Selected Certifications and Training

  • Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies with Linda Thai, Collectively Rooted

  • Internal Family Systems with Frank Anderson, Leading Edge Seminars

  • Children’s Grief and Bereavement with Andrea Warnick, SickKids CCMH

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Nili Benazon, SickKids CCMH

  • The Hungry Ghost: A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Addiction from Heroin to Workaholism with Gabor Maté, Mission Empowerment

  • Motivational Interviewing Through Deliberate Practice with Henny Westra, York University

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Tim Gordon, OASW and Ontario Shores

  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with Angie Kingma, Mindfulness for Health

  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Concurrent Mental Health and Substance Use Issues with Lane Pederson, Dalton and Associates

  • Trauma: A Narrative Approach with Jill Freedman, Windz Institute

  • Hospice Palliative Care Training, Hospice Palliative Care Ontario

  • Narrative Therapy with Bonnie Miller, The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre

  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy for Trainers and Supervisors with Heather Fiske and Lance Taylor, SFBTA Conference, Halifax

  • Solution Focused Therapy with Ron Warner and Joanna Boutilier, Spectra Community Support Services