Education

• Master of Social Work, University of Windsor, 2019

• BSc, First Class Honours in Psychology, Dalhousie University, 1994

Registration

• Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW): # 832976

• Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW): #14312

Additional certifications & training:

2023

• IFS Online Circle, IFS Institute

2022

• ACT for Grief and Loss, Dr. Russ Harris, Psychwire

• Trauma-Focussed ACT (TFACT), Dr. Russ Harris, Psychwire

• IFS Online Circle, IFS Institute

2021

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

• ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy) APT Accreditation Level 2

• ACT for Depression & Anxiety, Dr. Russ Harris, Psychwire/I’m Learning ACT

2020

• IFS (Internal Family Systems) with Frank Anderson, Leading Edge Seminars; Psychotherapy Networker & PESI

• CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) for Anxiety, Worry & Adult ADHD, Dr. Sanjay Rao, Unified CBT Academy, University of Ottawa and OASW

2019

• Emotion-Focused Family Therapy with Dr. Adele LaFrance, SickKids CCMH 

• Family & Child Therapy with Liana Lowenstein, SickKids CCMH    

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

2018

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

• Cognitive Behavourial Therapy with Dr. Nili Benazon, SickKids CCMH 

• TCPS 2 Research Ethics Certificate (CORE)  

• First Nations, Inuit & Métis Culture, Colonization & Determinants of Health. Cancer Care Ontario

• Social Work in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), Canadian Association of Social Workers 

2017              

• Suicide Bereavement Clinician Training, Bereavement Ontario Network 

• Hospice Palliative Care Training, Hospice Palliative Care Ontario              

• Fundamentals of Hospice and Palliative Care, Elizabeth Dougherty, Acclaim Health           

• Narrative Therapy with Bonnie Miller, MSW, RSW Hincks Dellcrest Centre

2016

• Resilience and Relationship with Gordon Neufeld, The Neufeld Institute                                   

PRESENTATIONS

• Presenter, 2021, MAIDHouse, “"Grief and Bereavement After MAiD," with Nikki Gouzopoulos

• Exhibitor, 2021, Virtual Symposium: “The Untold Stories of MAiD in Ontario: The experiences of family and friends”

• Presenter, 2019 HPCO Annual Conference:

  “When MAiD will be the cause of death: Supporting Friends & Family”

• Presenter, 2018 HPCO Annual Conference & Central West Palliative Care Organization,

• Hospice Resident & Family Psychosocial Needs by PPS