Registered Clinical Social Worker Clinical Member, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Completion of Level 3 Practicum Training in Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy Certificate in the Clinical Practice of Cognitive Therapy, The Cleveland Center for Cognitive Therapy Family Systems Therapy Externship, Pacific Coast Family Therapy Institute Couple and Family Therapy Certificate Program, Justice Institute of BC Master of Arts in Education, University of Toronto Master of Social Work, University of Toronto Bachelor in Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria
My clinical experience includes ten years in community-based agencies providing short-term in-home assessment and treatment to families with multiple challenges, including two years on a multidisciplinary assessment/intervention team that provided in-depth assessments on high-risk families referred by Child Protection Services. I operated a part-time counselling practice in Vancouver for three years for Employee Assistance Program clientele and provided educational seminars on separation and divorce topics through the Law Courts Education Society. Since 2002 I have been working on a multidisciplinary mental health team in Victoria providing couples, family and individual treatment.