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Counseling Services

Family
Children, Adolescents

Individual
Relationship Issues
Anxiety and Fears
Depression
Personal Growth
Stress Management
Self-Harm and Suicidal Ideation
ADHD & Learning Disabilties

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About Me

Master of Social Work, University of Toronto

  • Fellowship Award for Excellence for Graduate Studies

Honours Bachelor of Science Degree with High Distinction

  • Double Major in Psychology and Sociology
  • Dean’s List Member - Three Consecutive Years

Registered Psychotherapist

  • Member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)

Registered Social Worker 

  • Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)
  • Member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW)
  • Over 20 years of experience counselling children, teens, parents, and individuals

Certification/Workshop Participation

Sandtray Therapy Training       Canadian Association for Play Therapy    2022

The Flash Technique and EMDR     Philip Manfield, EMDRIA Provider       2022

Emotional Freeing Technique (EFT)  OASW Donna Coulter and Catherine Lavender   2022

Media Violence and Its Impact on Youth       Ask The Experts Online         2022

EMDR-Sandtray Protocol Master Class  Anna Gomez   2021 

Providing EMDR Online   Sue Genest           2020

Anxiety Treatments  Pesi, Wisconsin, USA  2019

Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders: From Detection to Core CBT Interventions  Dr Anita Federici,   2019

Working with Unitegrated Parts of Self   Dolores Mosquera, M.S. Massachusetts USA    2018   

Innovative Approaches to Complex PTSD & Dissociative Disorders in EMDR Therapy                                          Dolores Mosquera, M.S.,  Massachusetts USA      2017

DBT Skills Training - DBT  Centre of Vancouver     2017

EMDR and Trauma Counselling for Children           2015

EMDRIA Approved EMDR Training - Part II              2015
Niagra Stress and Trauma Clinic

EMDRIA Approved EMDR Training - Part l
Niagra Stress and Trauma Clinic                               2014

Narrative Practices At Walk-In Clinics

The Hincks-Dellcest Centre- Gail Appel Institute     2014

 Anger Management: Working With Clients Through A Twelve-Step Process, A Narrative Approach
The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre-Gail Appel Institute     2014
 
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Foundational Skills
The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre –Gail Appel Institute    2014
 
TAPP-C: Arson Prevention Program for Children, Assessment and Intervention Training
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health     2014
 
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Living Works    2013
 
Non-Suicidal Self Injury Training
Dr. Nancy Heath, McGill University    2013
 
Anxiety in Children and Youth: Clinical Strategies within Empirically-Supported Procedures
Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic    2012
 
Threat Assessment and Trauma Response: Level II
Canadian Centre for Threat Assessment and Trauma     2010
 
Threat Assessment and Training: Level I
Toronto Police Service    2010
 
Restorative Practices Conferences and Restorative Circles
Professional Support Services, TDSB     2010
 
Identification, Diagnosis and Treatment of Adolescent Depression (Major Depressive Disorder)
Dr. Stan Kutcher     2009
 
Year Long Extern Training Program - Narrative Therapy
Brief Therapy Training Centres-International     2007

 

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