Education & Experience

I have been to 8 different post secondary institutions, receiving a Masters in Arts (leadership), and a Masters in Education (Counselling). Micro courses include; May 2023 Mental Health in Schools Conference 2023 Feb 2023 Scenario Based Learning: Erase Provincial Protocol for Threat Assessment Feb 2023 Level 1 and Level 2 Basic Training, with supervision, in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma counselling, and registration with EMDRA Oct 2022 BC Association of School Counsellors Conference – Training focused on counselling and the law, plus a session on grief and loss. Sep 2022 Inservice on HeART trauma tool to be used with student with complex trauma, through Complex Trauma Resources Jun 2022 3-Day: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Certification Training Apr 2022 SAN’YAS: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training - Core ICS Mental Health Jan 2022 EMDR: A Rapid, Safe, and Proven Treatment for Trauma Jan 2022 Digital Threat Assessment Training for Early Identification Dec 2021 Advanced Self-Regulation: Practical Tools and Strategies for Kids with ADHD, Autism & more Dec 2021 Trauma Conference: The Body Keeps the Score-Trauma Healing with Bessel van der Kolk, MD Oct 2020-21 BCSCA Conferences - addictions, grief and loss, trauma counselling, and sand trays Aug 2020 John Gottman & Julie Gottman on the New Science of Couples and Family Therapy May 2020 E-Therapy Essentials - a web-based course for members of BCACC Mar 2020 Dialectical Behavioural Therapy from The Ministry of Child and Youth Mental Health 5-day training session.