Curriculum Vitae

Thesis: Unresolved Grief

Major Research Project: Date Rape and Sexual Assault on Campus

• provide brief and long-term therapy to adults, teens, youth, couples, and families
• use an integrative therapy approach that emphasizes client strengths in an environment of respect and safety

• provide therapeutic mediation support to people transitioning to separation and
  divorce
• assist couples in creating a parenting plan to assist their family in moving from
  one home to two.

• part of the collaborative team, supporting clients and lawyers in the negotiation
  process
• neutral facilitator
• assist clients in creating a parenting plan

• provided therapy to children, adolescents, and their families
• also worked with individual adults and couples
• EAP service provider to over 40 companies

• 400 hours of supervised therapy training
• counselled adolescents and adults from diverse cultural backgrounds
• in-class component included case conferences, theory, and practice counselling

• on-call worker at a residential facility for male young offenders
• monitored daily routine of residents, encouraged responsible behaviour, life and
  social skills
• crisis intervention

• worked in a multicultural environment maintaining a caseload of 240 individuals
  and families in receipt of General Welfare Assistance
• worked as both a team player and independently

• provided one-on-one counsel to inmates requesting someone to talk to
• facilitated chapel services

• created and implemented two summer programs for high school students identified
  as having the potential to leave school prematurely
• conducted workshops on employment skills, career direction, life skills, and personal
  growth
• matched students to a suitable job in the community and supervised their progress

• worked with victims of family violence and their children
• conducted crisis and supportive counselling, including crisis phone calls
• managed the Shelter, and supervised a team of volunteers

• EDI Training (OACP-Collaborative Trainers) (4 hours), Karen B.K.Chan, March 30^th and April 19^th, 2022.
• Integrating Brain-Changing Therapeutic Tools and Techniques (3.5 hours), Dr. Jennifer Sweeton, October 29, 2021.
• DV/IPV Training: Family Peacemakers Conference (7 hours), Annette Katchaluba, Trish Bidgood and Debbie Hoffman, May 8, 2021.
• IPV Training: Risk Identification and Assessment Framework (3 hours), Deepa Mattoo and Patricia Coelho, (OAFM training), April 28, 2021.
• Complex Parenting Plan Solutions: Transitioning Families with Complex Health and Safety Issues (6 hours), Karen Bonnell, March 19, 2021.
• Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Anxiety, Depression, and Anger (7 hours), Dr. Martin Antony, October 19, 2017.
• Parenting Plans Unpacked (7 hours), Sheila Brown, Laurie Stein, March 4, 2017.
• Family Professional as Neutral Facilitator (7 hours), Sheila Brown, Stella Kavoukian, March 3, 2017.
• Level 2 Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Skills Training (21 hours), Victoria Smith, JD, C. Med, Laurie Stein, LLB, MSW, Alison Anderson, CFP, FDS, RRC, 2016.
• Level 1 Introduction to Collaborative Practice Training (14 hours), Deborah Graham, LL. B, Acc.FM, Sheila Brown, M.S.W, Acc.FM, Alison Anderson, CFP., 2016.
• CBT Certification in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression (Part 1): Evidence-Based Treatment of Anxiety and Related Disorders (14 hours), Dr. Martin Antony, 2016.
• Narrative Mediation (14 hours), John Winslade, 2015.
• Basic Family Law (30 hours), Hilary Linton, LL.B., LL.M (ADR), Acc.FM, 2012.
• Family Mediation Skills (20 hours), presented by Richard Shields, LL.B., M.A, LL.M., Ph.D., Antoinette Clarke, M.S.W, Ph.D. candidate, Barbara Anderson, M.S.W., Acc.FM, Margot Hallman, LL.B., C.Med., Acc.FM, 2011.
• Assessing for Domestic Violence and Power Imbalances for Family Mediators (14 hours), presented by Antoinette Clarke, Darlene Murphy, Acc.FM, C.P. Med., 2010.
• Family Mediation Workshop Training (40 hours), Richard Shields, 2010.
• Fundamentals of Couple and Family Therapy Supervision Course, Brenda Bolliger, M.S.W., R.S.W., Sharon Mayne Devine, M.Sc., RSW, Sharon Ramsay, M.Div., 2008.
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Level 1 and 2 Training, presented by Ms. Barbara Horne, M.Sc., RMFT, 2007.
• Clinical Fellow requirements completed for AAMFT/OAMFT (2003): 11 graduate level courses in 5 distinct areas, more than 1300 client contact hours in the therapy setting, and a master’s degree in a related field. Registration #82173.

• OACP/OAFM Family Peacemakers Conference (7 hours). Keynote Speaker: Michael Lang: “Deepening in Reflection”. May 6, 2022.
• OACP/OAFM Family Peacemakers Conference (14 hours). Keynote Speaker: Ken Cloke: “Mediating Dangerously”. May 7 and 8, 2021.
• AFCC-Ontario Annual Conference (7 hours). October 16, 2020.
• Love in Lockdown (mini webinar). (2 hours). Terry Real. April 21, 2020.
• Creating Connection from a Distance: Making Virtual Psychotherapy a Relational Experience (mini webinar). (2 hours). Janina Fisher. April 21, 2020.
• Private Practice Opportunities…NOW (mini webinar). (2 hours). Lynn Grodzki. April 14, 2020.
• AFCC Annual Conference (Toronto): “The Future of Family Justice: International Innovations”. (13 hours), May 30-June 1, 2019).
• When Collaborative Practice Collides with the Hardball Negotiator. (7 hours), J. Mark Weiss, JD, CDFA, April 3, 2019.
• Collaborative Practice Hamilton Halton Peel Niagara Training Retreat:” Meditation in Collaborative Practice” (8 hours), Jordan Topp, February 1, 2019. -Facilitated follow up discussion on day two of retreat (1 hour).
• AFCC (Ontario) Conference: “The Future of Youth: Moving Beyond Risk to Resilience”. Dr. Michael Ungar. (6 hours), October 19, 2018.
• AFCC Preconference Institute: “Supporting Adopted Youth to Maintain Openness Connections with Birth Family and Communities” (3 hours), 0ctober 18, 2018.
• Sending Out an S.O.S.: Navigating Liability and Complaints in High Conflict Cases. (7 hours). Hamilton High Conflict Forum, September 21, 2018.
• Collaborative Practice Hamilton Halton Training Retreat: “Opening More Doors and Sustaining Better Teams” (8 hours), Sue Cook and Brian Galbraith, February 2, 2018.
• Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Anxiety, Depression, and Anger (7 hours), Dr. Martin Antony, October 19, 2017
• OAFM-OCLF Conference, (10 hours), September 14-16, 2017.
• Challenging Conversations: High Conflict Families, Domestic Violence, Differentiation, Dr. Peter Jaffe, September 2016.
• Rekindling Desire: Assessment, Treatment, and Relapse Prevention of Sexual Dysfunction, Dr. Barry McCarthy, 2014.
• High Conflict Personalities in Family Law: An Intersection of the Legal and the Clinical, Hamilton Law Association, 2014.
• Interviewing the Internalized Other, Dr. Karl Tomm, 2012.
• The New Rules of Marriage: A Relational Life Therapy Approach to Couples and Couples Therapy, Terry Real, M.S.W, 2011.
• Walking the Walk: Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma, Francoise Mathieu, M.Ed., CCC, 2011.
• Creating a Secure Base for All (Attachment Theory), Dr. Daniel Hughes, 2010.
• Elder Mediation: Presentation to the OAMFT, Resa Eisen, M.S.W., 2009.
• Addicted to Love: Exploring Sex, Internet and Relationship Dependency, Dr. Marta Durski, 2009.
• Challenging Children and Adolescents: Harnessing Family Strengths to Co-Create Compelling Future Possibilities, Matthew D. Selekman, M.S.W., 2009.
• The Therapist as Life Coach: A Natural Transition, Dr. Patrick Williams, Ed. D, and Juliet Austin, M.A, 2002.
• Facing the Dragon Together: Emotionally Focused Therapy for Traumatized Couples, Dr. Susan Johnson, Ed. D, 2001.
• Short-Term Techniques for Counselling Children, Dr. Lawrence Shapiro, 2001.
• Kids are Worth It! Parenting with Wit and Wisdom Seminar, Ms. Barbara Coloroso, 1999.
• Traumatic Stress-A Clinician’s Guide Workshop, Ms. Pam Townsend, M.A., Mr. Bill Tibbo, M.S.W, Mr. Carlos Gomes, M.A., 1999.
• Affairs: Getting the Message, Ms. Emily Brown, 1997.
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, Waterloo County Board of Education, 1991.

Coach-Online Introductory Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Training (Brian Galbraith and Deborah Graham teams) (35 hours), May 2020.

Collaborative Practice Hamilton Halton (CPHH) presentation-Introduction of the new Client Binder for Collaborative Practice. Burlington, Ontario. January 15, 2020.

Peel-Halton Collaborative Practice Group member-2017-2018.

Hamilton-Halton Collaborative Practice Group member, including Protocols Committee member (which includes assisting in the creation of Client and Professional Resource Binders for Collaborative Law)-2018-present.

“Value of the Family Professional: Is It Worth the Investment?” -co-presented with Angela Pickard, Peel Halton Collaborative Group April 20, 2017.

Halton Mediators’ Group co-founder with Nicole Stewart Kamanga, 2013-2020.