About Me

I am a Registered Clinical Social Worker in good standing with my respective college. I support families, children, adolescents, and adults in their healing journey’s. I have over 17 years of experience working with children, youth and families who have experienced trauma. I have facilitated comprehensive trauma assessments and assessment informed therapy using a variety of modalities. This includes Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy, EMDR, and alternate, yet meaningful vehicles for expressing oneself including art, play, and sandtray. 

I am a firm believer in the importance of ensuring my on-going professional development. Some of the more recent trainings I have attended include the following:

• Brainspotting, Level 1. Facilitated by David Grand.

• Internal Family Systems Therapy, Level 1. Facilitated by Pam Krause and Jim Andralis in New York

•  I am working towards my certification in EMDR.

•  Certification in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, year-long on-line training facilitated by Dr. Bruce Perry. In order to maintain my certification, I continue to be a part of the NMT community, and participate in monthly webinars through the Child Trauma Academy. 

• Ego State Therapy in Trauma: For EMDR and Non-EMDR Therapist, Robin Shapiro, October 2017 

• The Body Keeps the Score: New Frontiers in Trauma Treatment, Bessel Van der Kolk, April 2017

• Healing the Wounded Child: EMDR Therapy with Children and Adolescents with Dissociation, March 2017. Ana Gomez and Fran Waters

• EMDR, Basic Training, 2016. 

• Shame, Self-Loathing & Complex Trauma Treatment: Somatic Interventions, 2016 - 18 hour, on-line training with Dr. Janina Fisher.

• Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma, 2012; Ten month, on-line training with Dr. Janina Fisher.

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), September 2015.

• The Pain Paradox: Mindfulness, Compassion, and a New Paradigm for Trauma. John Briere, 2015.

• Self-Compassion in Clinical Practice, The Centre for Mindfulness Studies, Dr. Amy Hurley, 2015.

• Sandplay Therapy Training, 2010. 20 hours of training facilitated by Brenda Weinberg EdD, Canadian Association for Sandplay Therapy

• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 2008

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